1+ACROSS&DOWNKR1.2 FJGSWPZZL.BRSHSDNTPNLTMT.SMPLTNSTRTFCTN.LNDLRDFRTRR.HNST.MSC.CSSP..STM.RTCHDDNCLRD..PPPRMNT.PRCHT.CHRRSTNS....PRSTRSS....CMMNSRBL.NSSNC.SPCCDTS..PRTTHRCHRNC.DRS..NRTC.TCS.CRLP.BFSTKCHLDRN.FLNGSCRSSTMRLL.NCLLCTBLTRTTRS.CRSSNDXD--------.--------------.--------------.-----------.----.---.----..---.-----------..-------.-----.--------....-------....--------.-----.-------..-----------.---..----.---.----.-----------.--------------.--------------.--------NY TIMES 10/9/94 Vowelless Crossword (See Notepad)Arthur Schulman/Will Shortz The New York Times 1994Fitting challenge (6,6)Deceitful (5-5)Lowlife (11)Jaguar or MG (6,3)St. Petersburg site (6,6)Nabokov masterpiece (4,4)Ancient Mexican (5)Surveyors angles (8)Deputy (10)Reject summarily (5,5)No longer in use or existence (8)Lettuce type (7)Dash features (12)1986 visitor to Earth (7,5)Deadly poison (10)Strip bare (6)One before next-to-last (15)Hardly a genius (9)Layering, as of rocks (14)Monthly payee (8)Greengrocers cousin (9)Trust me! (6)Flag-waving? (9)Art made of tiles (6)W-shaped constellation (10)Value highly (6)Improved a shot (9)What a barometer measures (3,8)Checks the bookkeeping (6)Brownish -gray (3-7)Ecstatic (9)Worsen (11)Candy-cane flavor (10)White vegetable (7)Bail out (9)Pits (12)Real (6)Treat concrete before subjecting it to a load (9)Of lesser importance (10)Proportionate (13)The ___ Kid (5)Arena (12)Weather in the immediate area (12)Not thinking of others (13)Fundamentally (2,7)Westminster Abbey relic (5,2,5)Crossed (11)One who talks, talks, talks (10)Airheads (5,6)Trilogys end (4,5)Absolutely dependable (4-5)Habitual (7)Strong smelling (7)Old-fashioned farm border (4,5)Film editor (7)Having psychological problems (8)Mexican sandwiches (5)Prepare to read a good book? (4,2)Martian mirages? (6)Cut of meat for the grill (9)Theyre served with lox (6)Kids (8)Undersea explorer Jacques (8)Straightedge (5)Aliens vehicles (6,7)Manicurists work (5)Ride roughshod over (9)Like deadbeats bills (13)Pasta places (10)Easily found, as in a reference book (5-7)The vowels A, E, I, O, U and Y are to be omitted before the answers are entered in the grid. Lengths of the answer words, before the vowels are dropped, are provided in parentheses.