ACROSS

1. Fabled fliers

5. When repeated, a food fish

9. “Of Thee ___”

14. Authentic

15. Open __ of worms

16. Blazing stars

17. Willow genus

18. “All __ of You”

19. Smooth-spoken

20. 1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival hit about being averse to part of a puzzle

23. Understood

24. ___ Perignon

25. Append

28. Overacting actors

31. Win the love of

36. Anti-piracy org.

38. Foot

40. “You are not!” reply

41. Olympic event featured in “Cool Runnings”

44. Poet T. S. ___

45. Sandarac tree

46. “Felicity” star Russell

47. Grew fond of

49. Rotate

51. Scouting unit

52. Log prefix

54. South Africa's ___ Paul Kruger

56. Outfielder's great play

65. Most unfavorable

66. ___ fixe

67. Seventh month of the year

68. Without delay

69. Cast aspersions on

70. “Movin' __” (“The Jeffersons” theme)

71. Flowed to and fro

72. Vanity plate in a two-car household

73. “Sticks and Bones” dramatist

DOWN

1. Tim of “WKRP in Cincinnati”

2. Numerical prefix

3. Prepare to swallow

4. Comic actor Arnold

5. Keep up

6. “… to skin __”

7. Chop finely

8. Affixed one's John Hancock to

9. Inability to sleep

10. Tart

11. Lendl of the courts

12. Pews' place

13. Will of “The Waltons”

21. Cry at fireworks

22. Cedar Rapids college

25. Medieval helmet

26. How to get the operator

27. Aquarium fish

29. Mother

30. On the ball

32. Cold and clammy

33. Surround snugly

34. “Don't be ___ loser!”

35. Batman's sidekick

37. Crazily

39. ___ Brith

42. Swore

43. Neighborhood guy

48. Go with, with “for”

50. ___ cit.

53. From the auld sod

55. One of superior rank

56. PD jacket letters

57. Arizona tribe

58. Toward the mouth

59. Suffix with opal

60. Like some rumors

61. Prefix with -algia

62. Pitch fish Charlie

63. Caveman's weapon

64. Promotional hoopla

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