News Quiz Crossword

By Fred Piscop

ACROSS

1. Leif's father 5. Armistice mo. 8. Competitor of SAS 11. Too hasty 12. "__ plaisir" 14. Shoe-store spec 15. Ford, Lincoln or Pierce 16. Oscar nominee Collette 17. Torre or Cox: abbr. 18. G.I. address 20. St.-__, France 22. Shark kin 25. It's worth about a dollar 26. Tamil __ (Sri Lankan rebel) 27. Superstar who's reuniting with his dad 31. 1996 Olympic torch lighter 32. Subject of a 1773 protest 33. U.N. working-conditions agency 34. Congressman who introduced a bill to ease sanctions on Iraq 37. Bob __ IV, author of a World article panning McCain 39. Blue-pencil 40. Send to the Hill 41. Spoils __ 44. J.D.'s org. 45. Bush, in Doonesbury 46. Many CEOs 48. Web master's creation 52. Project completion? 53. Some choir members 54. Barbra's A Star Is Born co-star 55. Kerrey is leaving the Senate to head the __ School University 56. NASA "walk" 57. Kennel cries

DOWN

1. It was defeated in '82 2. German President Johannes, who has asked forgiveness for the Holocaust 3. Follower of Lenin or Stalin? 4. New Reform Party chairman Pat 5. Russia is restoring its ties with this group 6. Ab __ (from the beginning) 7. He bolted his party 8. Gridder turned pol 9. "The __" (what Bush calls the Texas legislature) 10. Friedrich, the likely new head of Germany's C.D.U. 13. Wispy clouds 19. According to 21. Punch-in-the-gut reaction 22. Detached, in mus. 23. Drug smuggler's unit 24. Not "fer" 25. Cast out 28. Partner of Howard and Howard 29. A util. 30. He preceded Bush as U.S. Representative to the U.N. 32. He is demanding that 49-Down disarm 35. To date 36. A diuretic alleviates it 37. "W"'s sib 38. Marvin, editor of the article by 37-Across and a Bush adviser 41. Kicker's target, perhaps 42. Where Bill and Hillary met 43. Slumgullion or burgoo 44. Where Georgia is located 47. Recreational wheels, for short 49. They walked out of disarmament talks 50. Hillary didn't leave one 51. Pothook shape

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