Elementary by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Parcel out 6. Malamute's tow 10. Job detail, briefly 14. Defense gp. of 1954-77 15. Easy to manage 16. Bunch of baloney 17. Monetary element? 19. Bone-dry 20. Give rise to 21. Candidate list 22. Critic __ Louise Huxtable 23. Red-faced 25. Added a kick to 29. Rapid succession of images, in a movie 31. Affix, as some patches 33. Competed 34. Animation frame 37. Auntie of Broadway 38. Classic toothpaste 40. Webmaster's creation 41. Weisshorn, e.g. 42.  Keep __ (persevere) 43. Wee 45. Ancient ascetics 48. Baseball's Garciaparra 49. Flat dwellers 51. Felix or Garfield 53. Gandhi land 54. Spectacular shows 59. Comedic straight man 60. Old element? 62. Chimney passage 63. Garfield's pal 64. Black bottom, e.g. 65. __ Club (retail chain) 66. Places for rings, maybe 67. Tomato plant support

Down 1. Big Apple tennis stadium 2. Ponce de __ 3. k.d. or Jonny of song 4. Siouan tribesman 5. Transport to Oz 6. Mill site 7. Thieves' hideout 8. Cassowary cousin 9. Rep.'s rival 10. "Hogan's Heroes" setting 11. Microscopic element? 12. Upper crust 13. Handed over 18. Throw in 21. Herring kin 23. Has __ (is connected) 24. Geyser output 25. Succotash morsel 26. Sea fed by the Amu Darya 27. Short element? 28. Suffix with ethyl 30. Football-shaped 32. Gunpowder ingredient 35. Singer James or Jones 36. Sly look 39. WWE victories 40. __-Cat (winter vehicle) 42. Under sail 44. Has in mind 46. Subway entrances 47. Piano student's exercises 49. Jazzman's lines 50. __ Gay (WWII bomber) 52. Bio bit 54. Ballerina's bend 55. Med school subj. 56. Historic caravel 57. Nip's partner 58. Hook's henchman 60. Bon __ (witticism) 61. Altar words Copyright © Fred Piscop