USA Today 06/13/00 "PLUMAGE" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Porridge
a, 5 ,West Coast capital
a, 10 ,Rocker Ant
a, 14 ,Ocean-borne
a, 15 ,Upper crust
a, 16 ,Annul
a, 17 ,Himalayan mystery creature
a, 18 ,Errorless
a, 19 ,Beige 
a, 20 ,Dolt
a, 23 ,Stemmed
a, 26 ,Orchard unit
a, 27 ,LassieÕs man
a, 28 ,Porter relative
a, 29 ,Lamb  to readers
a, 31 ,Smasheroo BÕway letters
a, 33 ,Partner  in a way
a, 35 ,Electees
a, 36 ,Entered the Iditarod
a, 40 ,Common-interest group
a, 44 ,Battery pole
a, 45 ,Scale syllables
a, 46 ,Taking umbrage
a, 47 ,Comment from a kennel
a, 49 ,Delineate
a, 51 ,Ex of AndrŽ
a, 52 ,Bag and baggage
a, 55 , ___ la Douce 
a, 57 ,Put in stacks
a, 59 ,Beau Bridges television movie  with  The 
a, 62 ,Tax
a, 63 ,Some wayÕs antonym
a, 64 ,Account
a, 68 ,YeatsÕ land
a, 69 ,Suzette or myrtle leader
a, 70 ,Icy feat?
a, 71 ,Freshen up
a, 72 ,Brought in
a, 73 ,See 47 Across
d, 1 ,Writer/comic Elaine
d, 2 ,Application
d, 3 ,Clique
d, 4 ,Port of Israel
d, 5 ,Harem
d, 6 ,Chanced  with upon
d, 7 ,Hardly hefty
d, 8 ,Firmament
d, 9 ,Gallic yards
d, 10 ,Maintain
d, 11 ,Transferable image
d, 12 ,Central patios
d, 13 ,Hillock
d, 21 ,Nashville-to-DC vector
d, 22 ,Quotable ex-Yankee
d, 23 ,Dipping dance
d, 24 ,Homespun
d, 25 ,Rocket starter
d, 30 ,Part of USIA
d, 32 ,Cookie grain
d, 34 ,Norse literary classic
d, 37 ,Attack  dentally
d, 38 ,Eldritch
d, 39 ,Recoil from
d, 41 ,Letter line
d, 42 ,Falstaffian
d, 43 ,Gave wide berth to
d, 48 ,Kind of cuff
d, 50 , Take ___  SheÕs Mine 
d, 52 ,Behind
d, 53 ,Bay of Biscay feeder
d, 54 ,Like much pulp fiction
d, 56 ,Native New Zealander
d, 58 ,Examination
d, 60 ,Cabinet Janet
d, 61 ,Pie in the sky
d, 65 ,Hewer
d, 66 ,Dentifrice option
d, 67 ,European peak