ACROSS&DOWNZHO{1.2ACCORD.SPOUTINGP.U.E...R.N.O.APIERCE.POSEIDONL.S.A...P.A.I.GANTIPASTO.RANGEU.I...U.U.T.E.SSUCKERPUNCH....E.K.M.P.D.E.I.A....PROCEEDINGSV.B.R.S.R...T.SIRATE.INSINCEREC.R.S.T...O.G.NACROSTIC.ARDENTR.E.E.O...T.R.ESINGSING.CHASED------.---------.-.-...-.-.-.-------.---------.-.-...-.-.-.----------.------.-...-.-.-.-.------------....-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-....------------.-.-.-.-...-.------.----------.-.-.-...-.-.---------.-------.-.-.-...-.-.---------.------CRYPTIC PUZZLE (See NOTEPAD for sol. explanation)Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon The NY Times 3/24/96Harmony with a C string (6)Golds found inside fruit in a hand (8)Rods hint: Dont move (3,5)Brought up race horse for summary (5)Spanish excursion going in a jet? (8)Those who put forward paid pugilists? (11)Discovered some of you near the dump (9)An antiseptic I love to eat (6)Crowds around English river (6)Gores article about leader of Republicans (6)Greek gods airs I put on (8)One bit of advice regarding Italian food (9)Guess where you sit at the banquet table? (11)Operated General Electric cooking appliance (5)Lollipop drink makes a surprise hit (6,5)Powerful women upended me with tight hugs (9)Numbers of egrets in wild (8)Concurred, like Senator Kennedy (8)Crooked cop resigned in legal action (11)Vehicles pursuing half a dozen of Caesars deputies (6)Unproductive nobleman in conversation (6)I deserve Mad (5)Raisins in cereal, somewhat phony (9)Thorns broken point (5)Strange Socratic puzzle (8)Passionate study in painting (6)Prison hootenannies? (4,4)Followed Like a Virgin audibly (6)Across A+C+CORD SP+OUTING PIE(R)CE POSE+I+DON AN+TIP+AS TO RAN+GE SUCKER PUNCH pun PROCEEDINGS anag I+RATE INSINCERE hid ACROSTIC anag AR(DEN)T SING SING 2 def CHASED 'chaste' Down APPL(AU'S)E CUE STICK RECAP 'pacer' rev PRO+POUNDERS UNEARTHED hid I+O+DINE GANG(E)S SUP+POSITION EM+PRESSES INTEGERS anag AS+SEN+TED VI+CARS (vi = 6) BARREN 'baron' NORTH anag