Merle Baker

ACROSS

1. Affects adversely

6. One may be broken in court

11. Forbid

14. Audiophile's purchase

15. “John Brown's Body” penner

16. Western Indian

17. Midwestern Indian

18. Ancient Greek social centers

19. King James alt.

20. Avant-garde venue

22. Atticus Finch creator

23. Criticize strongly

24. A nearby star

25. Difficult thing

26. Lamb Chop's friend

28. PETA targets

30. Across from: Abbr.

33. Clinton Cabinet member

35. Kindle

38. Confronts Imus

41. ‘Tis author

43. Laos neighbors

44. Catch by a longline boat, perhaps

46. Two-time U.S. Open champ

47. Desires

49. Deplete

52. Pearl Harbor locale

54. Flight

56. It's inexplicable

60. Gone by

61. Resort offering

63. Robert Morse title role

64. One training

65. Nintendo competitor

66. “ a Rebel”

67. Poker player's declaration

68. Kind of position

69. Holy

70. None too bright

71. Henry's son

DOWN

1. Island group near Fiji

2. The Misfits actor

3. Sternward

4. Cuban dance tunes

5. Sully

6. Palindromic pop group

7. Ushers

8. Cleaved

9. Interest

10. Start of a children's song

11. Comics' training ground

12. Clueless

13. “When pigs fly!”

21. Giraffe's cousin

25. Pizzazz

27. Clinton Cabinet member

29. Scanner reading: Abbr.

30. When DST ends

31. Tuba note?

32. Old Vic, for one

34. Latin 101 word

36. Browser bookmark

37. Little green men, for short

39. In of

40. W-2 info: Abbr.

42. Brighten

45. Beats

48. Lumber carrier

50. “ at Any Speed”

51. Like the surface of the moon

52. Statements of fealty

53. Jibe

55. Mideast capital

57. Fall guys

58. Jazzy Carmen

59. Bond film A View to

61. Egypt's Port

62. Agatha contemporary

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