USA Today 12/06/00 "OUTRANKED" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Dial choices
a, 5 ,Sound of an egg hitting the floor
a, 10 ,Up and ___!
a, 14 ,Country star McCann
a, 15 ,Abolitionist Sojourner
a, 16 ,Put on
a, 17 ,Son of Seth
a, 18 ,Blood line
a, 19 ,Floor coverings
a, 20 ,Keeshan role
a, 23 ,Raison dŐ___
a, 24 ,South African hill
a, 25 ,Warnings
a, 28 ,Knock out
a, 30 ,Possess
a, 33 ,Upset
a, 34 ,Island in the Cyclades
a, 35 ,Singer-pianist Charles
a, 36 ,Big-time sport
a, 40 ,Ostrich relative
a, 41 ,Gossip
a, 42 ,Reverse
a, 43 ,Draft initials
a, 44 ,Morse code elements
a, 45 ,Special lingo
a, 47 ,Kind of talk
a, 48 ,Cut down
a, 49 ,Luke and LauraŐs soap
a, 57 ,I say!
a, 58 ,Friars event
a, 59 ,Big cheeses  briefly
a, 60 ,___ avis
a, 61 ,Red seaweed
a, 62 , Born Free  lion
a, 63 ,Abbreviation on some letters
a, 64 ,Navigate
a, 65 ,EditorŐs word
d, 1 ,A Baldwin
d, 2 ,___ Murray  in Bram StokerŐs  Dracula 
d, 3 ,Failure
d, 4 ,GrasshopperŐs teacher
d, 5 ,Steps
d, 6 ,Liable
d, 7 ,Skulk
d, 8 ,Boy or girl preceder
d, 9 ,Grateful words
d, 10 ,ThatŐs ___!
d, 11 ,Road trip
d, 12 ,Therefore
d, 13 ,Morph starter
d, 21 ,Money mach.
d, 22 ,Silly one
d, 25 ,Peaks
d, 26 ,Rich soils
d, 27 ,Natural gravy
d, 28 , Endymion  poet
d, 29 ,Water growth
d, 30 ,Endangered primate  for short
d, 31 , WhereŐs ___? 
d, 32 ,Stocking material
d, 34 ,Ballplayer Bucky
d, 37 ,Winona  of  Beetlejuice 
d, 38 ,Spotted cats
d, 39 ,Balladeer/actor
d, 45 ,Prankster
d, 46 ,Mont Blanc  e.g.
d, 47 ,Foot lever
d, 48 ,Choreographer Bob
d, 49 ,CrawfordŐs ex
d, 50 , Magnet and Steel  rocker Walter
d, 51 ,Drug agent: sl.
d, 52 ,Boor
d, 53 ,Healthy
d, 54 ,Lean
d, 55 ,St. PeterŐs section
d, 56 ,Grad school aptitude test