Wednesday, November 30, 1988 <AUTHOR> <COPYRIGHT> <SIZE> 15x15 <GRID> SPAT.AHEAD.LIMA ELSA.PIANO.ADAM WESTERNSYMPHONY NATIVITY..ARLES ....ELS.TESS... TOKENS.HEAT.SEC AREA..SENSE.EVA STARSANDSTRIPES TOT.ERODE..AINT ENS.AGRA.DONATE ...KNOT.FED.... STOIC..CALORIES CONCERTOBAROCCO OINK.EARLY.SOHO PLOY.DINES.ANON <ACROSS> Tiff In front Ohio city Noted lioness Softly, musically Eliot's Bede Balanchine ballet Creche scene City where Van Gogh painted Some Bklyn. trains Polanski film N.Y.C. subway payments Passion Dry, as wine --- code Meaning "Die Meistersinger" heroine Balanchine ballet Dram Wear down "--- Misbehavin'" U.S.N.A. grad Site of the Pearl Mosque Contribute Scout's achievement T-man Follower of Zeno Dieters' concerns Balanchine ballet Sound from a sty Beforehand Lower Manhattan district Stratagem Enjoys a restaurant Prolific auth. <DOWN> Hemmed Trial opener Adj. Famed French actor "... now that --- there": Browning Intimations Comfortable One or another Monk's title John and Bert Adored one Horse hairs Irving and Vanderbilt Tied Sticker Rigid Bridge position Morsel "What the Butler Saw" author "Endymion" poet Pitcher feature Ibsen protagonist Cuttlefish Occurrence of note Social rank Sound of contempt Medium's medium Jason's ship Actor Richardson Tarries Aroma Pleasurably amusing: Slang Teaching tale Old English bard Labor --- account (not at all) Pone ingredient Diva Ponselle Sacred image Role in "Ariadne auf Naxos" Promptly Carmine Randy's skating partner