Check It Out by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Donaldson or Spade 4. "The __ knees" (great) 8. Half the "Who's on First?" team 14. Indian, Brave or Chief 15. Green feeling? 16. Signals from a downed flier, perhaps 17. Conquistador's treasure 18. Former Fed head Greenspan 19. Building, after demolition 20. They're checked 23. Turns inside out 24. Relative of -esque 25. Slacker's bane 28. Fiddler of legend 29. Offer lessons 32. Pouting expression 33. Chat room patrons 35. First Lady after Hillary 36. They're checked 40. __-washy 41. Makes tolerable 42. To boot 43. Belarus's capital 45. Ump's call 49. Day-__ colors 50. Give the boot to 51. Like most runs, in baseball 53. They're checked 56. Play merrily 59. Not even fair 60. Actor Billy __ Williams 61. Bird on a baseball cap 62. Partner of tried 63. Cyberspace initials 64. Sweet drink 65. Srs.' exams 66. Sr., et al.

Down 1. Word with well- or soft- 2. Make it big 3. Sentimental sort 4. Beauty's beloved 5. Any military recruit, these days 6. Indiana's Bayh 7. In __ (harmonious) 8. From square one 9. Show embarrassment 10. Streisand, in fanzines 11. Heavenly body 12. __ Aviv 13. "The Waste Land" initials 21. Mustachioed Marx 22. Tosspot's utterance 25. Soup du __ 26. Sharer's word 27. Arthur or Benaderet 30. Suffix with mock or crock 31. Colorado ski spot 32. Baton wielder 34. Shade of blue 35. Strong alkali 36. Bunker or Nob 37. __ buco 38. __ Palmas, Canary Islands 39. Invited to dinner, perhaps 40. Tongue or tail action 43. Space occupier 44. Helpful connections 46. How Rome wasn't built? 47. Shower item? 48. Ford flops 50. Rhea's "Cheers" role 52. Farm measures 53. Catcall 54. Many NYC dwellings 55. One of Asta's masters 56. One in the clink 57. Live and breathe 58. Old __ (London theater)

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