Deuce
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Gossip, slangily
5. Port of Israel
9. Newsperson Zahn
14. Bill of Rights defender, for short
15. Colorado skiing mecca
16. Williams of "Happy Days"
17. Controlled research study
20. "Taking Woodstock" __ director Lee
21. First name in courtroom fiction
22. Wears away
23. Pyramid part
24. Lender's claim
25. Give consent
28. "O," in love letters
29. Business subj.
33. Cobbler's inventory
34. Tourist attraction
36. Bard's "before"
37. 1962 Mitchum/MacLaine drama
40. __ publica
41. Santa-tracking org.
42. Marble type
43. City near Provo
45. Body art, slangily
46. Goal maker
47. Like desert climate
49. Scale of mineral hardness
50. Ancient Rome's __ Way
53. Adriatic port
54. Spot for a rubdown
57. Multiple allegiance
60. Ewing matriarch
61. Pub orders
62. By oneself
63. Vegas signs
64. Hatchling's home
65. Commentators' page

Down

1. Early baby word
2. PC pic
3. Counterfeit coin
4. Wheel's center
5. Disinclined
6. Internet access means
7. Really bug
8. Quarterback Manning
9. San Diego baseballer
10. San __ (Texas city, familiarly)
11. Took advantage of
12. Blow, as a game
13. Tiny colonists
18. Steers astray
19. Paddock sounds
23. Make a stink
24. Raced in a chute
25. American Leaguer since 2013
26. Cringe in fear
27. Go out of business
28. Part of a drum kit
30. Actor Romero
31. Speak like Bryan
32. More modish
34. Fine violin, for short
35. Forum on a political issue, perhaps
38. Corkscrew pasta
39. Swelled heads
44. Submit via USPS
46. Most achy
48. Indy 500 et al.
49. Pencil-and-paper puzzles
50. Arabia's Gulf of __
51. Be a whiner
52. __ Alto, CA
53. Ill temper
54. Work area
55. Air freshener scent
56. Copied
58. Treat, as hide
59. __-mo replay

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