An exotic

by Phelps Gates

         
       
       
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A.   vessel for reaching deep sea depths

B.   talus (2 wds)

C.   Flo`s catchphrase on Alice (3 wds)

D.   ant support

E.   carefree, boisterous, lively

F.   Wells classic (3 wds)

G.   British vocal superstar, b. 1945 (2 wds)

H.   Librarian of Congress who won a Pulitzer (2 wds)

I.   shipload

J.   free

K.   disappointment

L.   Cretan leader in the Iliad

M.   subject of a 1922 documentary film

N.   tropical fruit often used in jelly

O.   paradigm of dryness

P.   tuber of the nightshade family

Q.   (with "The") cause of a 1913 riot (3 wds)

R.   one who violates Exodus 20:5

S.   dog sometimes used in water rescues

T.   peninsula in eastern Russia

U.   South African tree, Combretum imberbe

V.   Sicilian volcano

W.   spun