(STEWART) EDELSTEIN, DUBIOUS DOUBLETS — Some towns bordering other countries or... states are portmanteau-ized. Calexico is across the border from Mexicali. Any student of U.S.... geography can readily figure out the locations of Calzona,... Kanorado, Virgilina, [and] Moark... .
A. | Radical environmentalist | ECOTEUR |
B. | Ones well-versed in computers and technology | DIGERATI |
C. | Typos and factual goofs | ERRATA |
D. | Birds on dollar coins in Canada | LOONS |
E. | Condition supposed to be cured by Reaganomics | STAGFLATION |
F. | Vegetarian option at Thanksgiving | TOFURKEY |
G. | Unintentional exhibitionist in a fairy tale | EMPEROR |
H. | Workaholic author who coined the term "robotics" (2 wds.) | ISAACASIMOV |
I. | Reader of blogs and e-zines on the infobahn | NETIZEN |
J. | Semi-serious TV genre with a few chortles | DRAMEDY |
K. | Like wild horses | UNSHOD |
L. | Occasion for eating a tangelo with a spork? | BRUNCH |
M. | Scandal involving Oliver North | IRANGATE |
N. | Touring Tanzania with a camcorder, maybe? (2 wds.) | ONSAFARI |
O. | In danger of being trampled | UNDERFOOT |
P. | Garment with two legs covered by a front panel | SKORT |
Q. | Political renegade from the South | DIXIECRAT |
R. | Rule favoring simple theories, a k a the law of parsimony (2 wds.) | OCCAMSRAZOR |
S. | Not gender-specific | UNISEX |
T. | Source for films shown at Delhi cineplexes | BOLLYWOOD |
U. | Stroll, crawl, scurry or galumph | LOCOMOTE |
V. | Otalgia | EARACHE |
W. | Zoo-bred hybrid feline | TIGON |
X. | Language used by Nuyoricans | SPANGLISH |