USA Today 11/09/98 "PROPER BEASTIES" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Jeweler's glass
a, 6 ,Actress Thurman
a, 9 ,   A Shropshire ____   
a, 12 ,Motown boner
a, 13 ,Betel nut tree  e.g.
a, 15 ,Challenge
a, 16 ,Harvest residue
a, 17 ,Power source: abbr.
a, 18 ,Go ____ winner!
a, 19 ,Dignified mother bird?
a, 22 ,Self-confident
a, 25 ,Register key
a, 26 ,Thoroughbred muscle cramp?
a, 29 ,Easy life  personified
a, 30 ,Hubbubs
a, 31 ,Dentist's degree
a, 34 ,Bank abbreviation
a, 35 ,June VIP
a, 37 ,Archer's wood
a, 38 ,Old Algerian title
a, 39 ,Frond
a, 40 ,Asinine
a, 42 ,Decorous grasshopper?
a, 45 ,____ the moment: Brit.
a, 48 ,As a whole
a, 49 ,Stuffy bruin?
a, 52 ,Standing
a, 53 ,Fast food item
a, 54 ,Edison contemporary
a, 58 ,Difficult burden
a, 59 ,Dwarf's refrain words
a, 60 ,English assignment
a, 61 ,GPs
a, 62 ,Choosing method
a, 63 ,Austere
d, 1 ,Israeli neighbor: abbr.
d, 2 ,Keats work
d, 3 ,UN charter member
d, 4 ,Swear falsely
d, 5 ,Venerable
d, 6 ,Overturns
d, 7 ,West African republic
d, 8 ,1st Hebrew letter
d, 9 ,Rob Petrie's wife
d, 10 ,Russian cooperative
d, 11 ,American patriot Silas
d, 14 ,Court star John
d, 15 ,Search for water
d, 20 ,Society page word
d, 21 ,Antarctic Sea
d, 22 ,Caustic
d, 23 ,Frankie Laine hit
d, 24 ,Old sailor's demeanor
d, 27 ,Israeli port
d, 28 ,Bizarre
d, 31 ,Pairs
d, 32 ,Patron saint: Fr.
d, 33 ,Scandinavian
d, 35 ,Promise to wed
d, 36 ,Encouraging word
d, 39 ,Praise
d, 40 ,Pen pals?
d, 41 ,Most imminent
d, 42 ,Weirdos
d, 43 ,Start a computer again
d, 44 ,Chemical suffix
d, 45 ,Senator Thurmond
d, 46 ,Gimme ____
d, 47 ,Bright planet
d, 50 ,Carry on
d, 51 ,Reverberate
d, 55 ,Vane pos.
d, 56 ,Roman household god
d, 57 ,Novelist Rand