Thursday, February 07, 1991 <AUTHOR> <COPYRIGHT> <SIZE> 15x15 <GRID> OPTS.DAMPS.ASIS POOH.INERT.POOL ALUI.SONAR.TUNE LORETTASWIT.PIE ...LOU.ANNO.YAK SLIDERS..GAPS.. HAS..BECKYSHARP AHAND.AHO.TALIA GRACESLICK..ESS ..COCA..HEADSET CBS.OMAR.TEE... ROT.ROBERTSTACK EXEC.VOCAL.EGAL EERO.ADORE.SAFE DRNO.RENES.TREE <ACROSS> Makes a decision Checks Sale term Milne favorite Like xenon Table game His, in Le Havre Sub's ears Adjust Actress's intelligence? Item in the sky? Bud's partner Part of A.D. Chatter Pitches Seaver served Hiatuses Is suffering from Thackeray character's instrument? "That would not lift ——": Yeats Finnish author: 1861-1921 Actress Shire Rock singer's flourish? Suffix with host Comedienne Imogene TV studio apparatus Network letters Persian poet Strange gadget Balderdash Actor's fastener? Govt. branch Articulate Equal, to Henri A first name in architecture Love Yegg's target James Bond adversary Descartes and Auberjonois Trap, in a way <DOWN> Iridescent mineral It's sometimes played in water See the sights Protection Trouble Wild ox of puzzledom High I.Q. group Seafood delicacy Fibrous Inclined Comedian's drinks? District in Asia Minor Polished Hammer at an angle Honor Catch flies Lion portrayer Musician's bird? Assurance Govt. home-building org. "The Sweetheart of Sigma ——" Mayor Dinkins's predecessor Word with sun or moon History Sgt. or cpl. Ornamentation Type of urn Ma and Pa of films Loser to D.D.E. Abhor Set of principles Louis or Ali Adobe construction Exploratory mission, for short Thin Seaweed derivative Site for a bite "Demon as Pirate" painter Dove sound