(MORT) ROSENBLUM, A GOOSE IN TOULOUSE — A French taco... is usually lettuce,... cheese, meaty bolognese sauce, and a sweet tomato salsa piled onto a flat tortilla. How else could you eat it with a fork, [which] as any Frenchman can tell you is the proper way to do it?
A. | Staple of Northern Italian cuisine | RISOTTO |
B. | Pink-nosed South American cat | OCELOT |
C. | "Huh!?" (2 wds.) | SAYWHAT |
D. | Game in which the highest trump is the "right bower" | EUCHRE |
E. | Elementary teaching based on set theory (2 wds.) | NEWMATH |
F. | Square cap worn by ecclesiastics | BIRETTA |
G. | Coloratura noted for her portrayal of Lakme (2 wds.) | LILYPONS |
H. | Relocation resource since 1945 (hyph.) | UHAUL |
I. | Walked in an affectedly dainty way | MINCED |
J. | Devoted follower or attendant | ACOLYTE |
K. | Relating to the chin | GENIAL |
L. | Gold insignia for an Army or Marine Corps major (2 wds.) | OAKLEAF |
M. | Pouffe | OTTOMAN |
N. | Field goal attempt with both feet planted (2 wds.) | SETSHOT |
O. | Earth's tallest flowering plant | EUCALYPTUS |
P. | Alcoholic beverage made from frozen fruits | ICEWINE |
Q. | Arctic denizen whose male has a long, spiral tusk | NARWHAL |
R. | Slight speck, smidgen | TITTLE |
S. | Clay/iron oxide mixture, used as a pigment | OCHER |
T. | Targeting an affluent clientele | UPSCALE |
U. | Suffer public humiliation (2 wds.) | LOSEFACE |
V. | Virginia Woolf novel spanning 1588-1928 | ORLANDO |
W. | "McPaper," to detractors (two wds.) | USATODAY |
X. | Five lines for a musician | STAFF |
Y. | Use for powdered malachite, in ancient Egypt (2 wds.) | EYESHADOW |