USA Today 10/10/00 "MAYDAY!" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Put-on
a, 4 ,Canadian island on the Arctic Circle
a, 10 ,Stretch of time
a, 14 ,___ long way: endure
a, 15 ,Like leeks
a, 16 ,Mexican munchie
a, 17 ,Simple shelter
a, 18 ,Expanse west of the Azores
a, 20 ,1999 French Open victor
a, 22 ,F-16Õs trail
a, 23 ,Wrigley slugger
a, 26 ,Spearheaded
a, 27 ,The Police were one
a, 28 ,Tire supports
a, 30 ,Nightfall
a, 33 ,Grown up
a, 36 ,Enthusiastic about
a, 39 ,Messages contained in 18 Across  23 Across  55 Across  and 62 Across
a, 43 ,Item dropped in port
a, 44 ,Nation near Fiji
a, 45 ,Crime lab cpd.
a, 46 ,Track meet site
a, 48 ,Dish list
a, 52 ,Bobby ___
a, 55 ,Triangle or trapezoid type
a, 58 ,Course work
a, 61 ,Crude tycoon?
a, 62 ,BelafonteÕs  Day-O   for one
a, 65 ,Call ___ night
a, 66 ,Uzbek sea
a, 67 ,Oceangoing force
a, 68 ,Preacher man  briefly
a, 69 ,Carol
a, 70 ,One demanding vigorish
a, 71 ,Whichever
d, 1 ,Shocked
d, 2 ,Brigham Young athlete
d, 3 ,Eastern floor covering
d, 4 ,Too take-charge
d, 5 ,Diarist Nin
d, 6 ,Balsam or Douglas  e.g.
d, 7 ,Haze
d, 8 ,Besieged from all sides
d, 9 ,Wall Street inst.
d, 10 ,LegreeÕs creator
d, 11 ,Rose Bowl setting
d, 12 ,Great serves
d, 13 ,Wyle  of  ER 
d, 19 ,MO metro area
d, 21 ,Satiny
d, 24 ,Common interest gps.
d, 25 ,Snoozes
d, 29 ,Husk
d, 31 ,Tennesseean  for short
d, 32 ,Nav. rank
d, 34 ,ToÕs counterpart
d, 35 ,Akron baseball player
d, 37 ,Poached item
d, 38 ,Glossy paint
d, 39 ,Pops
d, 40 ,Road trip stopover
d, 41 ,Shoulder blades
d, 42 ,Sans accompaniment
d, 47 ,Eyeshades
d, 49 ,New York city
d, 50 ,Spruce up
d, 51 ,67 AcrossÕ affiliation  perhaps
d, 53 ,Pastoral poem
d, 54 ,Hardly a chomp
d, 56 ,Research balloon
d, 57 ,Smoke for Churchill
d, 58 ,Scrutinize
d, 59 ,Polynesian tuber
d, 60 ,Brother of Jacob
d, 63 ,Dallas campus: abbr.
d, 64 ,Longship propeller