Air Balls by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Publisher __ Davis 5. Beggar's duds 9. Places to enjoy pints 13. Love personified 14. Baldwin of film 15. China's Zhou __ 17. List of choices on a computer, maybe 19. Be skeptical of 20. Nitrogen, for instance 21. High: Prefix 23. Loop trains 24. Economic warfare tactic 28. Track down 30. Bald as a __ ball 32. Hemingway's nickname 33. __-mo (replay option) 34. Rating units 36. Fedora parts 39. Slaughter in baseball 41. Inventor Howe 43. Pig food 44. Katmandu's country 46. A natural, at the craps table 48. Pharmaceutical-approving org. 49. Love personified 51. Went off the track 53. Rural road surface 55. Give a new look to 56. Felix or Garfield 57. Skater's leap 59. "Uh-uh!" 60. Backup strategy 62. Top draw at a concert 67. Fend off 68. Intro to culture? 69. __ Scotia lox 70. Campbell of "Scream" 71. Easy victory 72. Had down pat

Down 1. Microwave, slangily 2. "Editorially speaking," in cyber-shorthand 3. Vain fellow 4. Cost-conscious 5. Seaport of Kent, England 6. Libation served at 9-Across 7. Filmdom's Rowlands 8. Racing shell 9. Human-powered taxi 10. Numero __ 11. Burl Ives hit 12. Fancy fur 16. Part of TGIF 18. Arch of Triumph site 22. Blouse or shirt 24. Buddy of "Barnaby Jones" 25. Winnie-the-Pooh's creator 26. Collection of outtakes, perhaps 27. Some graduate exams 29. Car loan figs. 31. Like prunes and raisins 35. Passbook holder 37. Runway walker 38. Sam the sleuth 40. __ Lee cakes 42. "The Three Princes of __" (fairy tale) 45. Like a cute puppy, say 47. Twangy, as speech 50. Driver's license datum 52. "__, therefore I am" 53. Ancient Greek physician 54. "The Merry Widow" composer Franz 56. EMT specialty 58. Toy brick brand 61. Carson City's state: Abbr. 63. Tattoo place 64. "Smoking or __?" 65. Adam's madam 66. Like steak tartare Copyright © Fred Piscop