USA Today 09/08/00 "IN A PATRIOTIC LIGHT" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Nuts
a, 5 ,Cut drastically
a, 10 ,Steep
a, 14 ,Make a pledge
a, 15 ,Hot chocolate
a, 16 ,Have status
a, 17 ,Illumination for 35 Across
a, 20 ,Building extension
a, 21 ,English princess
a, 22 ,Seething
a, 23 ,Makes the perfect shot
a, 24 ,Strength
a, 26 ,Bungles the drive
a, 29 ,Cock and bull
a, 30 ,Dynamic beginning
a, 31 ,Like some cereal
a, 32 ,Female
a, 35 ,American poet
a, 39 ,Recede
a, 40 ,LearŐs Mrs. Bunker
a, 41 ,Royal address
a, 42 ,Turns loose
a, 43 ,Colored in
a, 45 ,More macho
a, 48 ,Insult
a, 49 ,Pseudonym
a, 50 ,Up front
a, 51 ,For each
a, 54 ,Illumination for 35 Across
a, 58 ,Quaker pronoun
a, 59 ,GorillaŐs cousin
a, 60 ,Eye feature
a, 61 ,Football measure
a, 62 ,Spanish accent mark
a, 63 ,Dimple
d, 1 ,Move cargo
d, 2 ,Nearly round
d, 3 ,Hood
d, 4 ,Hold
d, 5 ,Spectacles
d, 6 ,Library transactions
d, 7 ,Pasture piece
d, 8 ,Sun
d, 9 ,Stable fare
d, 10 ,Buys off
d, 11 ,Tease
d, 12 ,Mores
d, 13 ,With slobbering
d, 18 ,Give the pink slip
d, 19 ,Dormant
d, 23 ,Soon
d, 24 ,Repair item
d, 25 ,Edible fat
d, 26 ,Vault
d, 27 ,Dill or chive
d, 28 ,Saracen
d, 29 ,Schooner features
d, 31 ,Willow
d, 32 ,Lose traction
d, 33 ,Roll call response
d, 34 ,Gave the once-over
d, 36 ,Cherry hue
d, 37 ,___ fixe
d, 38 ,Ivan or Peter
d, 42 ,Peeled  perhaps
d, 43 ,Heavy hitter
d, 44 ,Suspended
d, 45 , El Paso  singer Robbins
d, 46 ,Hawaii hi
d, 47 ,More pleasant
d, 48 ,Blow a paycheck
d, 50 ,Spoken
d, 51 ,Whittle down
d, 52 ,___ go bragh!
d, 53 ,Remainder
d, 55 ,Kiddie
d, 56 ,___ Lanka
d, 57 ,Eye cover