USA Today 02/10/00 ". . AND A HARD PLACE " By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Failing
a, 6 ,Concoct
a, 10 ,Soft foods
a, 14 ,Clothe
a, 15 ,Olympic event
a, 16 ,Coup d. ___
a, 17 ,Salisbury Plain monument
a, 19 ,Said
a, 20 ,Amt.
a, 21 ,Do wrong
a, 22 ,Heavenly hue
a, 24 ,Sonata movement
a, 26 ,Tip
a, 27 ,Prompt
a, 30 ,Accuse
a, 32 ,Respite
a, 33 ,Word to Fido
a, 34 ,Fix  as lipstick
a, 38 ,Tell all
a, 39 ,Sounds the alarm
a, 40 ,Mark.s replacement
a, 41 ,Baby bird
a, 42 ,Winter complaint
a, 43 ,Like suet
a, 44 ,Arranged
a, 46 ,Reptiles
a, 47 ,Sanctuary  for Esmeralda
a, 50 ,Significant time
a, 52 ,Place to live
a, 54 ,Kind of meal
a, 55 ,Regulatory agcy.
a, 58 ,Like ravens
a, 59 ,Zane Grey novel
a, 62 ,Volcanic material
a, 63 ,Lacking curl
a, 64 ,German wine
a, 65 ,Makes edgings
a, 66 ,Norse work
a, 67 ,IOUs
d, 1 ,Endure
d, 2 ,Areas of learning
d, 3 ,Actor.s magazine
d, 4 ,___ Felipe
d, 5 ,Ramshackle building  e.g.
d, 6 ,Put together
d, 7 ,Seek elected office
d, 8 ,Nest occupants
d, 9 ,Mondays  e.g.
d, 10 ,Golfer.s spot
d, 11 ,In any way
d, 12 ,Livy.s birthplace
d, 13 ,Direct
d, 18 ,Beat around the bush
d, 23 ,___ Kippur
d, 24 ,Wyoming city
d, 25 ,Butt in
d, 27 ,Kitchen finisher
d, 28 ,Hosp. procedure
d, 29 ,___ hoop
d, 31 ,Mariner.s path
d, 33 ,Nestor  for one
d, 35 ,Hang about
d, 36 ,Catholic calendar
d, 37 ,Tops  e.g.
d, 39 ,Label info
d, 43 ,Speaker.s desk
d, 45 ,Mo.
d, 46 ,Prod
d, 47 ,Thorax
d, 48 ,___ usted Espa.ol?
d, 49 ,WWI sub
d, 51 ,Bohemian dance
d, 53 ,Bufo
d, 55 ,Abridge
d, 56 ,Window glass
d, 57 ,Iowa city
d, 60 ,Sturm ___ drang
d, 61 ,Follows pi