Brooklynese 101
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Pile up
6. Academy freshman
10. Hippie home
13. Herd orphan
14. Go ballistic
15. Comet __-Bopp
16. Personnel shakeup in British nobility?
18. Warning sign
19. Overly formal
20. "Don't move!"
22. Dumbbell material
24. Senator's constituency
25. Bruise, to a toddler
29. Ready to pour
32. Director Welles
33. Dubai dignitary
34. Pro __ (in proportion)
38. Hard to hold on to
39. Hatchet-faced Dick
40. Roth et al.
41. Crucifix
42. Right-hand man
43. Designer Head
44. Egypt's Mubarak
46. Sometime soon
47. Baseball cap part
50. Water-to-wine town
52. Coroner's investigation
55. Mogadishu's country
60. A/C units
61. "Show Boat" composer's comeback?
63. HOMES part
64. Gen. Robert __
65. Like a musical staff
66. Bummed out
67. Letter starter
68. They flew against Fokkers

Down

1. Fruity drinks
2. Zoo barrier
3. Introduction to culture?
4. Place for a flowerpot
5. Grapefruit hunk
6. Madrid gallery
7. Office PC connection
8. They're sometimes coddled
9. Borscht ingredient
10. Argentine plain
11. Eskimo's cousin
12. Al __ (pasta order)
15. Slogan for pitcher Wilhelm's fan club?
17. Hefty sandwich
21. Thick __ brick
23. Having no fixed home
25. __ War of 1899-1902
26. Two-tone cookie
27. Scandinavian capital
28. Abode of Hopalong Cassidy's portrayer?
30. "Good work!"
31. Take a stab at
33. Ms. Brockovich
35. Like the Gobi
36. "Bye-bye!"
37. Pale as a ghost
39. Profs' aides
43. Glossy paints
45. Miner's strike
46. __ about (circa)
47. Hampton's instrument, familiarly
48. Part of IV
49. Calamari
51. Portrayer of Moore's TV boss
53. TV Guide info
54. Prefix with gram or graph
56. "Take __ from me"
57. Large green moth
58. Steamed up
59. Added stipulations
62. "Still Crazy" star Stephen

Copyright © Fred Piscop