THE FRIDAY CROSSWORD

KEEPING IN TUNE

March 1, 1996

ACROSS

1 Cleopatra's nemesis

4 Ancient Peruvian

8 Use plastic

14 N.A. military force

15 Space

16 More agile

17 Sacred chant

19 Will subject

20 Manet or Monet

21 Gets ready to drag

23 Thought-provoking

24 Practical

26 Kind of bean

29 Actor Byrnes

30 Maxim

32 Pay addition

33 Intellectual

34 More unusual

36 In the sticks

39 Remain

40 Cease, at sea

41 Work on the lawn

44 England's last letter

45 Cure-alls

47 Fed. watchdog

50 Go wrong

51 Become void

52 Word spoken with a sigh

53 Lance

56 Low points

58 Intrude

60 Spanish dance

62 Shed

63 Spring, for one

64 ''---- along, little dogey ...''

65 Coves

66 Dashed

67 Ave. crossers

DOWN

1 Boardwalk feature

2 Alarmed

3 Was out of breath

4 Ornamental flower

5 Chopin composition

6 Mil. leader

7 The States, in a word

8 Ingenious

9 Express disapproval

10 One of the Aleutians

11 Musical improvisation

12 Retrieve

13 Before, to Shakespeare

18 Advice

22 Mideast airline

25 Youngster

27 Butter substitute

28 Tale

30 Midler, of song

31 Shows much affection

33 Calendar divs.

35 Pop

36 Knock down

37 Always

38 Part-song

39 Lover's musical offering

41 Tabriz tender

42 Anticipates

43 Sib

46 Southwestern plains

47 Uninhibited episodes

48 How to fix the hose

49 Balance sheet heading

52 Ruckus

54 Word on a wall

55 PA city

57 Did well on an exam

58 Yalie

59 Lion's home

61 Half a hooray