The boo boo in the table top was indeed a crack. In the middle of a very clean board. And after being finished for a couple months. Go figure...one of the hazards of working mesquite. Anyhoo, I put the 320G on the whole top, found ANOTHER crack that just hadn't broke through the lacquer yet, filled them with super glue...sanded while still wet...then sanded with clean paper until all that was cleaned up. Then I sprayed the top again. It's not anywhere near as shiny as it was, but that's probably good...because the top was the only part of the table (or anything else in the 'set') that WAS shiny. When I buff it tomorrow it'll bring up a bit of shine, but not anything like it was. All in all, probably worked out quite well.
Here's a couple pics of the bench (there's two) that I came up with. The trestle ends don't match the table, but I just couldn't come up with any other way to 'sread out' the bottom I was happy with. I like the design of the bench trestle though...and if somebody buys the table and I have to make LOML another one, I'll make the table with the same trestle design. Picture with the table is before the repair. I couldn't get a picture that showed the crack.