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	Tuesday, March 24, 1987
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	15x15
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	LAID.AGUE..SPIT
	ISLE.LANDS.POSE
	SHOEPOLISH.ALEA
	...PATEN.ESTERS
	.OPEN.STRAP.VEE
	SPORTY.EUREKA..
	EEL.YAWNS.WOULD
	TRIO.METER.PLAY
	SASSY.NISUS.TRE
	..HAIRDO.BLEEDS
	DIE.PAYNE.AIDS.
	UNDOES.AVAST...
	ADOG.POLISHHAMS
	LIFE.SALTS.EDIT
	SAFE..RYAN.ROSY
<ACROSS>
	ЧЧ an egg (failed)
	Chills and fever
	Patio gear
	Cay or ait
	Disembarks
	Sit
	Bootblack's investment
	"Jacta ЧЧ est"
	Eucharist plate
	Chemical compounds
	Uninhibited
	Kind of hanger
	Fin
	Fast; loose
	Calif.'s motto
	Slippery one
	Acts bored
	Homophone for wood
	A combo
	Something to read
	ЧЧ on words (pun)
	Impudent
	Impulse
	Uno, due, ЧЧ
	Afro, for one
	Blackmails
	What the blank in 19 Across means
	"Home, Sweet Home" author
	Helps
	Ruins
	Nautical call
	Sick as ЧЧ
	Butcher's display
	"ЧЧ is real!...": Longfellow
	Epsom and the like
	Redact
	Umpire's call
	Tatum's father
	Optimistic
<DOWN>
	Fleur-de-ЧЧ
	Kind of can or tray
	U.N. labor arm
	More profound
	"Thanks ЧЧ!"
	High winds
	By accident
	McMahon and Sullivan
	Petty fuss
	Reached Olympic heights
	River to the Rhone
	Hector
	Use scissors
	Word with hose
	Eject
	La Scala offering
	Disposed of quickly
	Stratagems
	Cliques
	Sweet potato
	Hill, to a Boer
	One of Barrie's Darlings
	Garnishes, in a way
	Colors
	Explorer Johnson
	"... ay, there's the ЧЧ"
	Cry out sharply
	Cut prices
	Some files
	Choice word
	Pairs of tires
	Forster's "A Passage to ЧЧ"
	A Peron
	Pointed arch
	Org.
	Gig implement
	Foofaraw
	Prefix with lead
	Eye problem