AWOL by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Gangland guns 5. Pitched too low 9. Still in the game 14. "Zip-__-Doo-Dah" 15. Kennedy matriarch 16. Sir Arthur __ Doyle 17. 1939 epic film 20. Part of GPA 21. Chapter in history 22. Goblet part 23. Sportscaster Berman 24. Tidal reflux 27. Shade of blond 29. Prefix with thermal or metric 30. Art Deco notable 32. NASA affirmative 34. Henpeck 36. President Clinton's personal secretary Betty __ 39. Suggest 40. '60s sci-fi series 42. Herman Wouk ship 44. Et __ (and so forth) 45. Do an usher's work 47. Malarkey 48. Country club instructors 52. I-95, e.g. 53. "__ who?" (arguer's retort) 55. Potpie spheroid 57. Circle section 58. "Rule, Britannia" composer Thomas 60. Pacific __ nations 62. TV journalist Couric 64. Chuck Norris thriller of 1984 68. What "i.e." stands for 69. Gloomy 70. Lawn burrower 71. Yields, as territory 72. Pained cry 73. Change for a fin

Down 1. Group of geese 2. Swooning fan, say 3. Walk-up dweller 4. Parrot's meal 5. Work wk. ender, for many 6. Sodom refugee 7. 1975 Wimbledon champ 8. Penta- minus one 9. Crack fighter pilot 10. Weather map areas 11. Put through hell night 12. Former Miss America Williams 13. Farthest 18. Little piggy's cry, when tripled 19. Dish that's "slung" 25. Young Simpson 26. Antiseptic acid 28. Comic-strip Viking 31. "Low-budget," in brand names 33. '40s-'50s slugger Ralph 35. Postgame segment 37. Pushers' customers 38. Prevent, in legalese 40. Part of LPN 41. Seeger or Sampras 42. Like Limoges collectibles 43. On both sides of 46. Gull relative 49. Meat distribution in 1943, e.g. 50. Orange-and-black flier 51. Public outbursts 54. Hairless comic-strip character 56. Dog-lovers' org. 59. In __ (actually) 61. Muddy ground 63. Spherical opening? 65. "__ De-Lovely" 66. Not a whit 67. Fuse rating unit

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