Across

1. Offenses

5. Desert region in S Israel

10. Slender

14. “I smell __!”

15. Tug's tow

16. Pitches in

17. “The ___ Series,” Isaac Asimov's famous work

19. Managed care grps.

20. Situps strengthen them

21. Have a bawl

22. Courtroom event

24. Future fry

25. Blunder

26. Isaac Asimov story about a nursemaid robot

28. “Darn ___!”

30. Dependable

33. Book before Neh.

34. Gore and Green

36. Pres. of the U.S.

37. Fannie ___ (securities)

38. Chief robopsychologist in many Isaac Asimov stories

41. Mutual fund fee

43. Senate declaration

44. “Yikes!”

45. Beaver's handiwork

46. Words from Caesar

48. “Drying out” program

52. Rough design

54. L-P filler

56. Comedian Philips

57. ___ Laws of Robotics (written by Isaac Asimov)

58. Farm team

59. __ Cruces, New Mexico

60. Earl ___

Solution

61. Equal in value

64. Whodunit hero Wolfe

65. Above

66. Untie

67. Hammer part

68. Supporter of the arts?

69. James of “Thief”

Down

1. Adventurous expedition

2. Collection of Isaac Asimov stories and a Will Smith movie

3. Sickness at the stomach

4. R.R. stop

5. Piston, for one, briefly

6. Diners

7. Hold

8. Bigheadedness

9. Chamber of the heart

10. “Master”

11. Edible bean

12. Worship as a god

13. Ed.'s piles

18. Lives

23. Curtain holder

27. EMTs' destinations

29. Tout

31. Philosopher William of ___

32. ___ Fail (Irish coronation stone)

35. “Smile!”

37. Emcee's need

38. “Ditto”

39. Educators' org.

40. Shakespearean setting

41. Mormon gp.

42. Yellow ribbon site

46. Rocks, to a bartender

47. “Galactic ___ Series,” by Isaac Asimov

49. Treasure State capital

50. Actress Plummer

51. ___ University, where Isaac Asimov was a professor

53. Assess, as a dress

55. The “N” of U.S.N.A.

58. Dines

60. Econ. figure

62. Between sine and non

63. Jean-___ Godard