USA Today 04/28/00 "IN THE SWIM" By Charles Preston
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ANSWERS
a, 1 ,Southern Johnny
a, 4 ,Country.s #1 McEntire
a, 8 ,Courtyard
a, 14 ,Bach.s  Partita ___ Minor 
a, 15 ,Neat as ___
a, 16 ,Architect.s molding
a, 17 ,Mobile st.
a, 18 ,Offshore fun
a, 20 ,These can scare
a, 22 ,Sword handle
a, 23 ,Throb
a, 24 ,Kind of dancer
a, 26 ,No opposites
a, 30 ,Denomination
a, 31 ,Taters
a, 33 ,Appointer of Starr
a, 34 ,Painful
a, 36 ,Slangy refusal
a, 38 ,Much about nothing
a, 39 ,Agitating offshore?
a, 43 ,Poke
a, 45 ,Part of 58 Across palindrome
a, 46 ,Curves
a, 48 ,War god
a, 50 ,Spiro  of the .70s
a, 53 ,SWAT action
a, 55 ,Kind of badge
a, 57 ,The chills
a, 58 ,See 45 Across
a, 59 ,Core
a, 61 ,Twitted
a, 63 ,Reverse offshore difficulties?
a, 67 ,Aztec gold
a, 68 , Becket  actor
a, 69 , Best Wishes  writer
a, 70 ,___ -eyed
a, 71 ,Eyed
a, 72 ,A Wolfe
a, 73 ,Down
d, 1 ,The ropes
d, 2 ,Wraps around
d, 3 ,Shore patroller?
d, 4 ,1944 Nobelist
d, 5 ,Memorable times
d, 6 ,Ups one.s offer
d, 7 ,Either one
d, 8 ,Kind of tint
d, 9 ,Sodded
d, 10 ,Roof component
d, 11 ,Mean Amin
d, 12 ,Diner fixture
d, 13 ,Computer card
d, 19 ,Tail
d, 21 ,Fishbowl fish
d, 25 ,Thrusting
d, 27 ,Shore dinner
d, 28 ,Extreme
d, 29 ,Actor Jack
d, 32 ,Warm springs
d, 35 ,Manage  with out
d, 37 ,Ms. Gabor
d, 40 ,Ret. plan
d, 41 ,Countermand
d, 42 ,Misdid
d, 43 ,Log problem
d, 44 ,What ___ the odds?
d, 47 ,Isolation  figuratively
d, 49 ,Mister  in Messina
d, 51 ,JFK.s sister
d, 52 , The Man With a Hoe ?
d, 54 ,Groovy?
d, 56 ,Name
d, 60 ,Effuse
d, 62 ,Saarinen
d, 63 ,Spinner
d, 64 ,An Amerind
d, 65 ,Delicacy
d, 66 ,Lizzie metal