Eek! A Mouse! by Fred Piscop

Across 1. All there, mentally 5. Can't help but 10. Put in a snit 14. Evangelist Roberts 15. __ Mongolia 16. Inventor's spark 17. Drugged drink 19. Tickled pink 20. Dent or scratch 21. Lee of Marvel Comics 22. Catchall column 24. Send to Washington 26. Outfielder's cry 28. Miss Prynne of "The Scarlet Letter" 30. Avian mimickers 34. Patriot Adams 37. Hi-__ graphics 39. Die shape 40. Not at all calm 42. House bigwig 44. Magazine sales fig. 45. In need of changing 47. By __ (alone) 48. Buckwheat dish 50. Can't stomach 52. Keynoter, e.g. 54. Lew of Dr. Kildare films 58. Niagara Falls stunt vessel 61. Eliot Ness, e.g. 63. Chunk of history 64. Bug-eyed 65. Javelin or shot put 68. __ carotene 69. How losses are shown 70. Home to billions 71. Genesis locale 72. Some bridge seats 73. New driver, often

Down 1. River of Amiens 2. Typeface similar to Helvetica 3. Mother-of-pearl 4. Fraternal fellow 5. Wilhelm in Cooperstown 6. Well-versed 7. Scorpion's weapon 8. Royal flush card 9. "... ready __!" 10. He struck out, in a poem 11. Thumb-twiddling 12. Cause of trembling 13. They come and go 18. Think highly of 23. Country star McGraw 25. Sunday choir accompaniment 27. They're unrefined 29. Did in 31. Microwave, slangily 32. Genesis brother 33. Feudal toiler 34. Negative stat for a quarterback 35. Inter __ (among others) 36. "War of the Worlds" foe 38. Use a cuspidor 41. Shoulder muscle, briefly 43. Natural gas component 46. Horn blowers 49. "Odds __ ..." 51. Sleeve band 53. 2004 Jude Law title role 55. Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde" 56. Bert's Muppet pal 57. Evil personified 58. Bunyan's blue ox 59. Got mellower 60. Boring way to learn 62. Tacks on 66. Pig-poke link 67. Vintner's vessel Copyright © Fred Piscop