News Quiz Crossword

By Fred Piscop

ACROSS

1. Like some mobsters 5. Putin's former org. 8. Meir contemporary 12. The sun, to your skin 13. Surfer's milieu 14. A sibling of Bart's 15. City on the Tevere 16. Clinton dispatched her to the Mideast 18. Kucera upset him at the French Open 20. Toyota model until 1999 21. Stutz Bearcat contemporary 22. Sacagawea is on one 24. Shaun King, for one 26. "New Look" designer 28. Org. that has cut long-distance access fees 31. Kabibble of Kay Kyser's band 32. Angela's __ 34. Helen Thomas recently resigned from it 35. Sara __ is spinning off Coach, PYA/Monarch and Champion 36. New Age musician John 37. You can do it on the road or to your memory 38. Singer who has recently undergone pregnancy operations 40. __ Only Had a Brain, sang the Scarecrow 42. Sign of spring 45. 2000 National Spelling Bee winner George Abraham 48. He auditioned for a job on Monday Night Football 51. Earth in the Balance author 52. Prime Minister who has dissolved his parliament 53. LaPierre's org. 54. 2000 role for Julia 55. Editorial "Forget it!" 56. Drops on the grass 57. Places for tacks

DOWN

1. Ousted Fijian President 2. Bug-eyed 3. Winning word in the 2000 National Spelling Bee 4. Get the lead out? 5. River in a 1957 film 6. Toothpaste type 7. Consumer-protection org. 8. Appeals court says no asylum hearing for him 9. Major leagues 10. A Hard Road to Glory author 11. Its latest military exercises include Greeks and Turks 17. Troy, N.Y., coll. 19. It is sometimes jerked 22. He's offered Bush access to Pentagon info 23. They could use some refinement 24. Puppeteer Baird 25. Exploit 27. Analogy words 28. He termed his re-election "fair" 29. TV's Sharkey, for one 30. Butt 33. __ tzu (toy-dog breed) 38. Kind of card 39. The Lady __ Tramp 41. He's been convicted of espionage 42. Panhandler's income 43. Haymarket Square event, for one 44. Hungarian patriot Nagy 45. Cold war follower 46. __-dieu (prayer bench) 47. Hankerings 49. Sturm __ Drang 50. College sr.'s test

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