puzzle

 


ACROSS

 1 Kind of hanger

 6 Wee devil

 9 Has a few too many

14 Exotic land, in verse

15 Pool member?

16 Digby "Digger" ___ of The Life of Riley

17 Vitality

18 Cotton gin inventor Whitney

19 Poke fun at

20 Ireland, poetically

23 Cleanse (of)

24 Med. journal publisher

25 They may be suspended from art class

27 They get things rolling

32 Peacekeeping force

33 Inseparable twosome

34 River mouth phenomenon

36 Film category

39 It's used in gumbo

41 Steel impurities

43 Actress Phillips

44 Isn't quite vertical

46 Intrepid spirit

48 The avant-garde's Yoko

49 Run at an easy pace

51 Capitol Hill doings

53 Identify incorrectly

56 It can be made or poked

57 Holiday for a holiday

58 Rolling Stones hit

64 Sugar coating

66 Start for Baltimore?

67 Johnny B. of song

68 Cod cousins

69 Airport stat.

70 NBA legend Baylor

71 Twitter posting

72 Not real smart

73 Score symbols

DOWN

 1 Computer menu option

 2 Edging

 3 Latest fad

 4 Away from the mouth

 5 Image on the back of a dollar bill

 6 Sewed up

 7 Bamako's land

 8 Rainbow creator

 9 Satchel's cousin

10 Inspired poem

11 Gibson garnish

12 Dinsmore of fiction

13 They're supported by runners

21 Bowling league's need

22 Horror star Chaney

26 Suffix denoting "residents of"

27 Simon Cowell's old show, familiarly

28 Heat in the microwave

29 Reptile with brilliantly colored bands

30 Plumber's right-angled joints

31 Infectious bacteria, briefly

35 Fever and shivering

37 Tolled

38 First grandchild?

40 Any minute now, to a bard

42 Muddlement

45 Most meager

47 Horror villain Freddy

50 Ground-bound bird

52 Arch support

53 Strength

54 Elizabeth, to Camilla

55 Drew back, as a tide

59 Mythical haunter of the Himalayas

60 Falcons or Eagles, e.g.

61 Dalmatian and dachshund

62 Entrance for extraction

63 Pinings

65 Holland's Zuyder ___  

solution