Beware of the Dog
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Sentry's imperative
5. Knocks out of one's socks
9. IHOP serving
14. "Essays of __"
15. Big picture
16. 34-Across became one
17. Hamper contents
18. Zilch
19. Bowie's last stand
20. Put an early end to
23. Give a darn?
24. __ chi
25. Western topper
27. Sent, as to a military outpost
32. Grate stuff
33. Give two thumbs down to
34. Onetime "97-pound weakling" Charles
36. Doo-wop group member
40. Obey the drill sergeant
44. Beat by a whisker
45. 1960 Wimbledon champ Fraser
46. Schooner contents
47. Graffiti, to some
50. They manage the wines
52. Flock leaders
56. WWE outcome
57. 39, to Jack Benny
58. Get destroyed
64. Conical abode
66. Scotto solo
67. Social reformer Baker
68. Maze word
69. Creditor's claim
70. Bartlett's abbr.
71. Windows icon
72. "__ we forget ..."
73. Carpet features

Down

1. Chopped down
2. Jai __
3. Daffy's problem
4. Gauguin's island home
5. Pursued, as a career
6. Colorful fish
7. Left or right of the goalposts
8. Replacement players, to some
9. Jazz cats' wear
10. Business card abbr.
11. Gather together
12. Intaglio's reverse
13. Like an open secret
21. Bother persistently, as an injury
22. Actress Hagen
26. "Oh no, not __!"
27. Basilica part
28. A natural abrasive
29. Negotiations hang-up
30. Verve
31. Tests for carbon 14
35. ER shout
37. Bull artist
38. Snitched
39. Till fill
41. Bog stuff
42. Seuss's Horton, for one
43. Tyro, informally
48. Steamboat builder Fulton
49. Angular opening?
51. Like vicuñas and llamas
52. Party spreads
53. Smiley or Smart
54. Nasal partitions
55. Play for time
59. Lackawanna's lake
60. Spots for tacks
61. Radius neighbor
62. Hardly four-star cuisine
63. Catches some rays
65. Occupational suffix

Solution

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