USA Today 10/03/00 "AA-RATED LOCALES" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Columnist Charen
a, 5 ,Vena ___: heart feeder
a, 9 ,Foul up
a, 14 ,New York-born rapper
a, 15 ,Not black and white
a, 16 ,Assortment
a, 17 ,Ice floe dweller
a, 18 ,Verbalized
a, 19 ,Slog along
a, 20 ,Tanzanian port
a, 23 ,Classical prefix
a, 24 ,Red-tagged
a, 25 ,Islamic leaders
a, 27 ,Part of SST
a, 30 ,Askew
a, 33 ,Typesetting options
a, 36 ,Bills at the bar
a, 38 ,Tibetan holy man
a, 39 ,Presidential moniker
a, 40 ,Center of HollandÕs tulip trade
a, 43 ,Assist
a, 44 ,Real cutups?
a, 46 ,It may be copped
a, 47 ,Õ45 powwow site
a, 49 ,Mega-mogul
a, 51 ,Canine offspring
a, 53 ,Heretofore
a, 55 ,Cooks chestnuts
a, 59 ,Pallid
a, 61 ,City near the French/German border
a, 64 ,Superaccurate
a, 66 ,Aqua ___
a, 67 ,Take on
a, 68 ,Accident scene item
a, 69 ,In your dreams!
a, 70 ,Bride of Lohengrin
a, 71 ,Kind of sax
a, 72 ,Hester PrynneÕs mark
a, 73 ,Go downhill  in a way
d, 1 ,See 9 Across
d, 2 ,The deep blue
d, 3 ,Comes in range
d, 4 ,No fewer than
d, 5 ,Selected
d, 6 ,Vibes
d, 7 ,___ chop
d, 8 ,Foe of 39 Across
d, 9 ,Masked superhero
d, 10 ,Indiana governor  1981-89
d, 11 ,Orange Free State neighbor
d, 12 , Naked ___ the Stranger 
d, 13 ,Injector  for short
d, 21 ,Wade  with through
d, 22 ,Tickle
d, 26 ,Voice of Bugs and Daffy
d, 28 ,From Tuscany: abbr.
d, 29 ,Famed hit man Rod
d, 31 ,Throw off
d, 32 ,Nothing  in Nogales
d, 33 ,Punch ingredient?
d, 34 ,Acceptable
d, 35 , The Ice Storm  setting
d, 37 ,Ho-hum
d, 41 ,Breathing disorder
d, 42 , Skip to ___ 
d, 45 ,Signal of distress
d, 48 ,GeronimoÕs tribesmen
d, 50 ,Pearl source
d, 52 ,Goof list
d, 54 ,Piglike animal
d, 56 ,Expertise
d, 57 ,Economical  wordwise
d, 58 ,1952 Masters champ
d, 59 ,WarpÕs counterpart
d, 60 ,Spot for cotter pins
d, 62 ,Hillbilly
d, 63 ,Propagated
d, 65 ,___-Magnon man