Alloy Oop by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Made a choice 6. Salt's "Halt!" 11. 1,000 G's 14. "Touched by an Angel" co- star 15. Jamaican cultist, for short 16. Duffer's dream 17. Rum-vodka cocktail 19. Actress Vardalos 20. Drives, putts, etc. 21. Smoothing tools 23. A majority of August births 26. For all to see 27. Basketball statistic 32. Comparatively close 34. Pat or Daniel 35. Forearm bone 36. Words before and after "rose" 39. Some third-place finishers 43. Any pass from a QB: Abbr. 44. Get-well spots 45. Oscar winner Marisa 46. Snake sounds 49. They're sometimes blind 50. Computer command after "cut" 52. Sample CD 54. Uses rubber on 56. Final stage, in chess 62. Marina del __ 63. Twangy instrument usually played while seated 66. "A Chorus Line" number 67. Recorded, in a way 68. Leaning slightly, as a ship 69. Cigarette stat 70. Some college finals 71. Café order

Down 1. Planets and such 2. Procter & Gamble shampoo 3. Symbol of wistfulness 4. "Happy Motoring" gas brand 5. Place for an inkwell 6. Hopped out of bed 7. Mover's rental 8. "Go ahead, shoot!" 9. Notable first for a baby 10. Polk's successor 11. Quirks, say 12. Less welcoming 13. Rock-bottom 18. Tuna __ 22. NYC's Park, e.g. 24. Being rented 25. Impels 27. "Waterloo" pop group 28. Do a laundry chore 29. One who warned Caesar 30. Wayfarer's stop 31. Utters, in Br'er Fox jargon 33. Rte. recommenders 35. Called balls and strikes 37. Let it be, editorially 38. Sale condition 40. Feminine suffix 41. It's put in an env. 42. Letters on a chit 47. The "I" in TGIF 48. Takes care of 49. Pick up, as ice 50. 1992 and 1996 also-ran 51. Boxing locale 53. Pinochle plays 55. Marquee name 57. Twofold 58. __ monster 59. Going __ (fighting) 60. Crow's-nest site 61. Alias of Romain de Tirtoff 64. Smog-battling org. 65. Slithery fish Copyright © Fred Piscop