Wednesday, August 12, 1987 <AUTHOR> <COPYRIGHT> <SIZE> 15x15 <GRID> PLEA.EDICT.BARA AILS.PITAS.AXON PEEP.ISERE.CLUE ADVENTURE.SKEET ...NEON.SLOW... ADA.AMID.CLOSET DISCRETE.TOOTLE ANTA..YEP..DEAN GAITER.DEPOSITS ERRATA.STAD.NEE ...MATE.ILEO... SPOOL.DETERGENT ATTU.DIXIT.IDEA LEON.SNOOT.VEAL TRET.MANNE.ENTE <ACROSS> Nolo contendere, e.g. Decree Theda of silents Is under the weather Agave plants Nerve-cell process Glance clandestinely Rhone tributary Lead for Chan New account on Madison Avenue? Form of trapshooting An inert gas Like a tortoise Home of Ohio Northern U. Surrounded by Place for a skeleton Separate Fiddle with a flute Broadway org. Colloquial assent "Giant" actor Puttee Pleasant banking actions Corrigenda list African village Society-page word Mom or Pop Former Congolese prime minister Reel Hold fellow at the club entrance? Aleutian island He said: Lat. Glimmer Trotsky or Uris High-hat Cutlet meat Allowance for waste Jazz drummer Grafted, in heraldry <DOWN> Hemingway nickname German song Alt. Quiverleaf Volume about a finial? Schism Way for Cato Is solicitous Lao- ——, Chinese philosopher Support drivers? Car shaft Bounder Dill herb Tight Savoyard's treat Utah Beach craft Saw Kuwaiti coin Up and about Acts Toasting item Perk up On edge Diet portion for Tabby? Implore Footnote abbr. Squealer Female friend? River to the Baltic Twin City suburb Pointed arch Season Feather: Comb. form County in Neb. Senator from Neb. First place Trig Saga Mil. award