ROBERT SOMMERS, GOLF ANECDOTES — Mencken claimed that anyone who played golf should be barred from holding public office. Mark Twain called it a good walk spoiled, and Winston Churchill claimed it was like chasing a quinine pill around a pasture.
It can be a perverse game; millions love it and can't play often enough, but others despise it. The American critic H. L. Mencken claimed that anyone who played golf should be barred from holding public office. Mark Twain called it a good walk spoiled, and Winston Churchill claimed it was like chasing a quinine pill around a pasture.
| A. | Biennial event begun in 1927 (2 wds.) | RYDERCUP |
| B. | Subject of a modern epidemic | OPIOID |
| C. | Pocket-size dough container | BILLFOLD |
| D. | Like most modern letters | EMAILED |
| E. | Site of Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech | RICHMOND |
| F. | Kingdom once called Ayutthaya | THAILAND |
| G. | Form taken by Odette in ballet | SWAN |
| H. | Embarrassment for a defender in soccer (2 wds.) | OWNGOAL |
| I. | Informal indulgence after a blunder | MULLIGAN |
| J. | Person helpful with deliveries | MIDWIFE |
| K. | Full course | EIGHTEEN |
| L. | Make the rounds? | ROTATE |
| M. | Cheesy stuff, artistically | SCHLOCK |
| N. | Visual aids at a sales meeting | GRAPHS |
| O. | The Tin Man's first words in "The Wizard of Oz" (2 wds.) | OILCAN |
| P. | "King James" | LEBRON |
| Q. | What a driver hates to miss | FAIRWAY |
| R. | Some useful downloads | APPS |
| S. | Jack of clubs | NICKLAUS |
| T. | Author of "Elements" | EUCLID |
| U. | Cool off (2 wds.) | CALMDOWN |
| V. | "Star Trek" android portrayed by Brent Spiner | DATA |
| W. | Neither parallel nor perpendicular | OBLIQUE |
| X. | Conscious of benefit received; well pleased | THANKFUL |
| Y. | Draw in or lead on | ENTICE |
| Z. | Not ideally struck | SHANKED |