USA Today 12/04/98 "CHECKMATE" By Charles Preston
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a, 1 ,Isn't able
a, 5 ,Rice dish
a, 10 ,Competent
a, 14 ,Sheltered
a, 15 ,Bell town
a, 16 ,Oversatisfy
a, 17 ,Lender for a blender
a, 19 ,English river
a, 20 ,____ -pick
a, 21 ,Mysterious first name
a, 22 ,. . . ____ a crowd
a, 24 ,Experts
a, 25 ,Striped lizard
a, 26 ,Stroller
a, 29 ,Country music legend
a, 32 ,   GWTW    name
a, 33 ,   Moll Flanders    author
a, 34 ,____ du Diable
a, 35 ,Secure
a, 36 ,Gastropod genus
a, 37 ,Lecher's look
a, 38 ,Small bit
a, 39 ,Crunchy tortilla treats
a, 40 ,Fruit tree's enemy
a, 41 ,Let go
a, 43 ,Agendas
a, 44 ,Pollster Roper  et al.
a, 45 ,Seethe
a, 46 ,Strand
a, 48 ,Total failure
a, 49 ,Coleman and Young
a, 52 ,Unbalanced
a, 53 ,Rat Pack member
a, 56 ,Shrews' kin
a, 57 ,Like Miss Havisham
a, 58 ,Frat party garb
a, 59 ,Queries
a, 60 ,Moody's  e.g.
a, 61 ,Flatten a fly
d, 1 ,____ Crunch
d, 2 ,Jai ____
d, 3 ,Gingrich
d, 4 ,Taps time
d, 5 ,Cockatiel
d, 6 ,Golden Calf  et al.
d, 7 ,Rikki  of gab
d, 8 ,Donkey: Fr.
d, 9 ,Gold depository
d, 10 ,Squirreled-away snack
d, 11 ,Policeman  to Wambaugh
d, 12 ,Forfeit
d, 13 ,Threading targets
d, 18 ,Yankee great Yogi
d, 23 ,Long walk
d, 24 ,Divide
d, 25 ,Strongboxes
d, 26 ,Attempt  informally
d, 27 ,US air travel axis
d, 28 ,Hollywood production company
d, 29 ,Biblical king
d, 30 ,Contra-versial North
d, 31 ,Garden invaders
d, 33 ,Italian dictators
d, 36 ,Home canner's need
d, 37 ,Autumn birthstone
d, 39 ,____ - shanter
d, 40 ,Excuse
d, 42 ,Weds secretly
d, 43 ,Gloomy
d, 45 ,Actor Peter
d, 46 ,Nursery word
d, 47 ,MacGraw  et al.
d, 48 ,So ____! : amen
d, 49 ,Army food
d, 50 ,Kundalini  e.g.
d, 51 ,Falling-out
d, 54 ,Step ____ crack . . .
d, 55 ,Hill and Sesame: abbr.