News Quiz Crossword

By Fred Piscop

ACROSS

1. Org. recommending changes in Boeing 737 rudder design 4. Bouncer's requests 7. To a tiny degree 11. Suffix with ideologue 12. Kind of contribution from the N.R.A., perhaps 13. On one's toes 14. She's billed as the world's first virtual newscaster 16. Rose up, in dialect 17. Word on either side of "-a-" 18. Set sail 20. OCS relative 22. Short poem, of sorts 25. Defendant in a controversial 1921 murder trial 28. Poet's conjunction 29. A target of the Asian long-horned beetle 32. Forbidden city, once 34. Starchy dish 35. Javits Center architect 36. Part of IV 38. It released 13 Lebanese held as bargaining chips 41. McCain has admitted he wasn't candid about this issue 44. __ Images Inc. posted images of a hush-hush Air Force proving ground on the Web 47. __ 51 (location photographed by 44-Across's satellite) 49. African leaders met in Zimbabwe to discuss peace in this war-ravaged nation 51. Clinton wants to close the "__ Divide" 53. Autobahn autos 54. Org. with a much quoted journal 55. High dudgeon 56. Kind of crime 57. Indy time 58. Three dots, in Morse code

DOWN

1. Via Veneto auto 2. Former Screen Actors Guild president 3. Nicknamed "Dr. Subtle," he's on track to become the next premier of Italy 4. Wall St. debut 5. 1993 Kevin Kline title role 6. Shell game 7. Tuned in 8. Hoops great Charles, who has announced his retirement 9. Old White House nickname 10. Mack of early television 13. Navigator Ron, for whom the Lebanese prisoners were used as bargaining chips 15. Garden State five 19. Ford's "__ America!" campaign will give away hundreds of thousands of children's safety seats 21. Ripken, the latest member of the 3,000-hit club 23. Old NOW cause 24. President pro __ 26. Dog topper 27. Pink-slip 29. Prefix with center 30. Electric guitar pioneer Paul 31. Supreme Court is split on constitutionality of this law 33. Pound sound 37. Court-game finale? 39. Clinton will not sell four __ destroyers to Taiwan 40. Libidinous god 42. Bandleader Shaw 43. They're occasionally stripped 45. Fig-leaf wearer, stereotypically 46. Succotash morsel 48. Publican's offerings 49. Called on account of rain 50. Monsieur's assent 52. Like the Log Cabin Republicans

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