USA Today 08/20/98 "PERFECTION" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Spicy dip
a, 6 ,Seedling container
a, 10 ,Lose it
a, 14 ,Bermuda  for one
a, 15 ,Auto servicing
a, 16 ,Drunkard
a, 17 ,Computer data
a, 18 ,Soon 
a, 19 ,Not worth ____
a, 20 ,In perfect condition
a, 23 ,Pun reactions
a, 26 ,Person of great endurance
a, 27 ,Campaigned
a, 28 ,Sure thing!
a, 30 ,Former cager Erving  affectionately
a, 31 ,Fit conclusion?
a, 33 ,Actor Stephen  of    The Crying Game   
a, 35 ,Like dogwood leaves
a, 40 ,Perfectly composed
a, 44 ,City south of Dallas
a, 45 ,Punish publicly
a, 46 ,____ it all up
a, 47 ,Fictional supercomputer
a, 50 ,Actor Thinnes
a, 52 ,Part of SPCA
a, 53 ,Collegiate milieu
a, 58 ,Ò. . . if it ____ soÓ
a, 60 ,In almost perfect physical condition
a, 62 ,Poet Dugan
a, 63 ,Caligula's nephew
a, 64 ,Corsetlike
a, 68 ,Bank deposit
a, 69 ,Actor Carey
a, 70 ,More than serious
a, 71 ,Whopper
a, 72 ,Part of PGA
a, 73 ,____    Foolish Things   
d, 1 ,Ò____ sez to him . . .Ó
d, 2 ,Novelist Beattie
d, 3 ,Verbal defiance
d, 4 ,Master of marches
d, 5 ,Shakespearean eulogist
d, 6 ,Tartlike pastry
d, 7 ,Monday  in Arles
d, 8 ,On the ship
d, 9 ,Tightening muscle
d, 10 ,Mops the orlop
d, 11 ,Children of Japanese immigrants
d, 12 ,ÒThere was ____ woman . . .Ó
d, 13 ,Hen  to Bardot
d, 21 ,Ones on-line
d, 22 ,Region in the Loire valley
d, 23 ,Clemency
d, 24 ,Finger  in a way
d, 25 ,Two-run homer requirement
d, 29 ,Thimblerig pellet
d, 32 ,Bulldog
d, 34 ,Take measures
d, 36 ,Lexington sch.
d, 37 ,Take down a peg
d, 38 ,Wyoming peak
d, 39 ,At attention
d, 41 ,Results of burnout?
d, 42 ,Former Mideast org.
d, 43 ,Waldo's place
d, 48 ,Mystery writer Cross
d, 49 ,Ones who can't get out
d, 51 ,Holler toward
d, 53 ,Make ____ buck
d, 54 ,Lashes
d, 55 ,In the slightest degree
d, 56 ,Infernal writer?
d, 57 ,Buenos ____
d, 59 ,It's within grasp
d, 61 ,Blue
d, 65 ,Prompt
d, 66 ,SAT company
d, 67 ,Poor grade