News Quiz Crossword

By Fred Piscop

ACROSS

1. Million __ March (gun-control event slated for May 14) 4. Sprint competitor 7. Stare stupidly 11. Versatile vehicles, for short 13. U.S.S.R. successor 14. Boulder County D.A. Hunter, who is leaving office 15. Mohammed Mustafa __, Syria's new Prime Minister 16. "Wheels" 17. Like a sourball 18. Clinton retraced a march here 20. Bush labeled Gore "an __ of Washington" 22. Article of the Constitution that defines treason 23. J.F.K. sked information 24. The Pope apologized for the church's sins at the Day of __ Mass 27. Three ex-N.Y.P.D. officers were convicted of conspiracy in the __ torture case 31. Actress Hagen 32. Corduroy feature 33. World March of Women 2000 kickoff city 37. He rejected a plea of forgiveness from Vichy official Maurice Papon 40. Blow the whistle 41. Every, in prescriptions 42. The L.A.P.D. is disbanding this anti-gang unit 44. Relating to some calculations 47. Frat letters 48. Where Frankenstein's monster came to life 50. Each Dawn __ (Cagney film) 52. The FDA will begin enforcing __ therapy safety 53. Inflation-fighting agcy. of 1941 54. "Beg pardon..." 55. Added stipulations 56. Lepidopterist's need 57. Carpenter, for one

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1. Not talking 2. His invention made skyscrapers feasible 3. A __ bagatelle 4. He's not interested in the Veep slot 5. Org. once headed by a Bush 6. The Pope is visiting here 7. French pastry 8. Middle name of the 21st President 9. Saucy 10. Business card abbr. 12. Like some rocket fuel 19. O Sole __ 21. Car in a 1964 hit song 24. Rocky, for one 25. Absorbed, as a loss 26. Sought a seat 28. Like some vbs. 29. Soccer standout Hamm 30. 20/20 network 34. Tapes over, perhaps 35. __ deferens 36. AMD is shipping this 1 GHz chip 37. Moral __ (BBC program that alleged spy leaks in Kosovo conflict) 38. Coverage co. 39. Pakistan is upset that Clinton is visiting here 42. __ Shui-bian (presidential candidate who supports formal independence for Taiwan) 43. Fruit throwaway 45. Eid al-__ (four-day Muslim feast of sacrifice beginning March 16) 46. __ Chan (Taiwanese Veep who's making a comeback in polls) 47. Jim Furyk's org. 49. Thug 51. Ambulance crew member, for short

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