Double Plays by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Puccini classic 6. Bank takeback, briefly 10. Give the cold shoulder to 14. Fall bloomer 15. Got mellower 16. __ sapiens 17. "Goo," for one? 19. Algerian seaport 20. Jean of "Bombshell" 21. Cardinal monogram 22. Old US gas brand 23. Like the Sabin vaccine 25. Elsa Maxwell or Perle Mesta 27. Matterhorn's range 30. Big, fat mouth 32. Surf's partner, on menus 33. Scroogian expletive 34. Looks over 36. Indiana's state flower 39. Gator's cousin 41. Hair-protecting kerchief 43. Sandusky's lake 44. "Paradise Lost" figure 46. Vincent Lopez theme song 47. Windy City train initials 48. Leave off 50. Pince-__ glasses 51. Brewski 52. Whitman's __ (box of chocolates) 55. "A __ formality!" 57. Mining finds 58. Canon camera 60. Dam builder 64. Longish skirt 65. Movie part that isn't really needed? 67. Nut center 68. Cause of goosebumps 69. Dutch bloomer 70. Model Macpherson 71. Actress Soleil Moon __

72. Church recesses Down 1. RPM dial 2. Job-conditions org. 3. Use a swizzle stick 4. String quartet instruments 5. Intense devotion 6. Like sashimi 7. Self-images 8. Australian port 9. Nonstandard Wall Street unit 10. Oxfords stretcher, perhaps 11. Cavalry? 12. Amherst campus, briefly 13. Forbidden acts 18. Went to and fro 24. Apply, as a phony accent 26. Have a late bite 27. Basic lessons 28. "__ Croft: Tomb Raider" 29. Paparazzo's award? 31. Eva of Argentina 35. Witch trials city 37. Evening, in ads 38. Vintner's concern 40. Place to pitch a tent 42. Garden structure 45. Zilch 49. Start a hole 51. Withstand stress 52. French river to the Channel 53. Israel's Sharon 54. Pollster Elmo 56. Oscar de la __ 59. Collar insert 61. Encyc. units 62. Author Wiesel 63. Iron pumper's count 66. Ill temper Copyright © Fred Piscop