End Games
by Fred Piscop
Across

1. Pequod co-owner, in "Moby Dick"
6. Top scores
11. Seance sound
14. Plant life
15. Wash gently against
16. 12/24 or 12/31
17. Dish served on the half shell
19. Big racket
20. Put-down artist
21. Lindsay of "Mean Girls"
23. __-relief
26. Tick off
27. "Finito!"
29. Big Brother's creator
31. Most cunning
32. Model of excellence
33. Hammer end
34. Poker payoff
37. Palm reader, e.g.
38. KP pile
40. Hoopster Bryant
41. Tolkien creature
42. Mystery writer John Dickson __
43. Show as similar
44. Make tougher
46. Least adorned
47. Mimicries
49. Bench rider
50. Hi-__ graphics
51. Beauty lover
52. Swabby
55. Candy unit
56. River spanner, perhaps
61. Ballpark fig.
62. Continental cash
63. Respected one
64. Ouija board word
65. Abounding with coral
66. Fend off

Down

1. GI rank
2. Pipe bend
3. Mauna __
4. Witty Bombeck
5. Utility payment, for some
6. Ho-hum
7. Lighten
8. Spun like a football
9. Beach shade
10. Fruity German bread
11. Plant with fiery blossoms
12. For the birds?
13. Tubular pasta
18. Hubbell in the Hall
22. Abuses an Rx
23. Gem State capital
24. Eve of "Our Miss Brooks"
25. Valentine's Day couple
28. Fish tales

30. Musical talent
31. Reject cruelly
35. Beyond pudgy
36. Revival setups
38. "The Sweetest Taboo" singer
39. Word on an air pump
40. Cassis-flavored aperitif
42. Animal, in dialect
43. Toiled away
45. "__ gratia artis"
46. Tulip planting
47. Monk's home
48. "__ porridge hot ..."
49. Milquetoast
53. Beginning on
54. Steam up
57. Regret bitterly
58. Banned pesticide
59. "No kidding!"
60. Make a flub

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