The Crossword

A BALANCED DIET

1 mid-7th c. date

4 basics

8 "cotton comes to Harlem" director Davis

13 Name of five Norwegian kings

15 Matty or Felipe, of baseball

16 Reveal one's feelings

17 Start from scratch

18 Bring in

19 Mends, as socks

20 Start of a quip

23 Helpers: abbr.

24 Pottery furnace

25 Try for flies

28 Chum

30 Quip, part 2

32 Chamberlain and Churchill: abbr.

33 Tiny legume

35 Pizzeria fixture

38 Forgo the reception?

40 Quip, part 3

43 Note for a diva

44 Be an also-ran

45 Clever

46 Three-time Hart Trophy winner

47 Quip, part 4

49 Spill the beans

51 General ---- Chicken: Chinese menu item

53 Have on

56 Origins

60 End of the quip

63 Ameliorated

65 Roof overhang

66 Significant periods

67 Alla ----

68 Shake up

69 San ----

70 Waits

71 Takes note of

72 Dance, in a way

DOWN

1 Andrea ----

2 Staff entries

3 ---- -slipper

4 Swiss river

5 Desolate

6 Raccoon relative

7 Replaces

8 Auto pioneeer

9 Does an usher's job

10 Election survey

11 It's charged

12 Nav. rank

14 Trail

21 "---- Today"

22 Advice-giver Landers

26 Sufficiently

27 Literary monogram

29 Cut

31 Morning moisture

33 Ark units

34 Absorbed

36 Like an empty promise

37 That, in Toledo

39 One with a radio

41 Slick

42 "Star Spangled Banner" preposition

43 Sweltering

48 Night bird

50 Tempe sch.

52 Actor Martin

54 Suspend, as a legal action

55 Variety show

57 Long-plumed heron

58 Play

59 Online VIP

61 Caesar's worst day

62 Farm females

63 Return

64 Onassis, to Jackie

(c) Copyright 1999. The Christian Science Publishing Society