Douglas Fink

ACROSS

1. Picked up on

7. Fable fellow

11. Tire letters

14. Omnivore's melange with rice

15. From the beginning

16. Make a selection

17. Teen singer after turning Jewish?

19. Malcolm X director

20. Night light

21. Chinese “path”

22. Address for a lady

23. Comedian/game show host after turning Jewish?

28. Bird unbeloved in a Tom Lehrer song

31. Analagous

32. Quite tart

33. One assigned

38. Coal unit

39. Like a séance

40. On a loose leash

41. Like Abscammers

44. Lambchop's Lewis

46. Reduce a sentence?

47. Afternoon social need

48. Puzzle master after turning Jewish?

53. In a casual way

54. Zamboni target

55. “Arise” or “befall”

59. Titanic actor, casually

60. Action star after turning Jewish?

64. Isle

65. Moolah

66. One of the Borgias

67. Cliched

68. Eye or camera part

69. Vehemence

DOWN

1. Bridge part

2. Overhang

3. First name in Rex Stout detection

4. A Biblical David, for one

5. House addition

6. Bond portrayer

7. Mayhem

8. Singer DiFranco

9. Toon dog who sounds like Peter Lorre

10. She in a lea

11. Diametrically opposed

12. Say something

13. List filler

18. French quencher

22. American educator Horace

24. Apropos name for a thief

25. Fan of this puzzle theme?

26. Grapes of Wrath extra

27. Russian fighter

28. Head or liver

29. Clickable thingie

30. Lady's man

33. You need two eyes to judge it

34. Afore

35. Overdramatic pine

36. Shipping container weight

37. Highway sign

39. It's a long story

42. Trust

43. Spots

44. Establish

45. Least clear

47. Deep furrow

48. “Over and out” preceder

49. Perfect

50. Taxi actor

51. Henry VIII had six

52. Sleeve filler?

56. Petri dish filler

57. The old grey one ain't what she used to be

58. Ran

60. Stick in the snow

61. La Brea attraction

62. Yalie

63. Two lanterns indicated it

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