News Quiz Crossword

By Fred Piscop

ACROSS

1. Jakarta's island 5. General Bradley 9. Independent counsel who subpoenaed the National Archives and Records Adm. 12. Prison where director of Neshat was taken 13. Minuteman's home, once 14. __ Buttermilk Sky 15. Governor who signed Vermont's civil-unions bill 16. Cable inits. 17. __ soda (sodium carbonate) 18. Iron or Bronze 20. Subject of 9-Across's subpoena 22. Don, named chairman of Bush's campaign 25. He called drug profits out of line 27. Boxing Day mo. 28. Thickening agent in foods 30. Model of honesty 33. Small bills 35. Role for Patti or Madonna 36. James, scoutmaster who lost his position because he's gay 38. Everyday article 39. Notable caravel 41. Dissenting vote 42. Revival shout 44. Court here will decide Pinochet's immunity 46. Ali's daughter, with six straight boxing victories 49. New Deal power agcy. 50. LAX posting 51. Kenny Rogers' She Believes __ 54. They've sued Wal-Mart over bogus T shirts 58. Beatnik's interjection 59. Hands-up time 60. Sweet treat since 1912 61. Lawyers' org. 62. Vietnam-era Admiral Zumwalt 63. Country in which 12-Across is located

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1. The Beverly Hillbillies' patriarch 2. Forum greeting 3. Itinerary word 4. He warned that pressure to deploy missile defenses could lead to a new arms race 5. Org. that will create a Kosovo war-crimes court 6. Soccer's Hamm 7. Cockpit abbr. 8. Alchemy has called off its deal to buy this from BMW 9. Sub __ 10. Jai __ 11. Rebel __ 19. Gov't.-property overseer 21. Lake formed by Hoover Dam 22. Former name of Tokyo 23. Garment slit 24. Indonesian province that's the site of a trial of soldiers accused of massacre 25. MacLeod of The Love Boat 26. Setting of The Plague 29. Scientists claim that for the first time, this kind of therapy has saved lives 31. Former President of 63-Across, __-Sadr 32. Carrier to Ben-Gurion 34. Ventura was one 37. It may be naked 40. Eddie Rickenbacker, for one 43. A 650-mile hiking trail from here to Cap Gaspe, Que., was finished on Earth Day 45. McCain recently revisited the "__ Hilton" 46. The Panchen __ 47. Lilac is the first magazine by Israeli __ women 48. 63-Across's news agency 49. She's taken flak for not naming an independent counsel in the campaign-finance probe 52. Former Cambodian Premier Lon __ 53. Million __ March, scheduled for May 14 55. Like some vbs. 56. Mauna __ 57. Seemingly forever

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