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<TITLE>
	Friday, September 04, 1987
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<COPYRIGHT>
	
<SIZE>
	15x15
<GRID>
	..MIDAS.PITA...
	.SALINA.AVALON.
	CORSAIR.RATTLED
	LIT.STAMINA.EWE
	URIS.ABYSS.MAMA
	MEALS.ASH.VITAL
	PENITENT.RESENT
	...MENDICANT...
	CLAMPS.FANDANGO
	LARES.VIN.SKEIN
	OMAR.MEETS.EELS
	GIB.BANDANA.DDE
	SALIENT.TARTLET
	.SENATE.ARGUED.
	...DUAD.SLOTS..
<ACROSS>
	Man with the golden touch
	Agave fiber
	Sail marsh
	Celtic earthly paradise
	Pirate's vessel
	Disconcerted: confused
	Illuminated
	Endurance
	Lamb's mother
	Author of "Exodus"
	Vast chasm
	Van Druten's "I Remember ЧЧ"
	"Square" trio
	Ygdrasil, e.g.
	Critical
	Contrite
	Take umbrage
	Beggar
	Devices for holding
	Spanish dance
	Penates' counterparts
	ЧЧ rose
	Flock of geese in flight
	President Bongo of Gabon
	Track events
	These may be smoked
	Male cat
	Kind of handkerchief
	Presidential monogram
	Important
	Very small bakery item
	Upper house
	Debated
	Pair
	Narrow openings
<DOWN>
	Sci-fi character
	French pronoun
	Discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope
	Author Loos
	Spanish dance
	Celtics' center
	Russian soldiers
	British farewell
	Hgt.
	Evening partv
	Fatty-acid salt
	English cardinal and author
	Cluster of plants
	Gave out
	Puzzled
	More svelte
	"Man is Nature's sole ЧЧ ": Gilbert
	Paces
	Sells
	Nav. officer
	Raced
	Choral compositions
	Impedes
	Female demons
	Suitable for farming
	Derby winner: 1956
	Superficially attractive
	Beginning
	Gave wav to emotion
	Tropical ray
	Tangle
	Actor Bridges from Hollywood
	Former constellation
	Neither Rep. nor Dem.
	Exclamation of disdain