Extracting DNA
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Wooden shoe
6. On the trail of
11. Just hired
14. "Nana" author Zola
15. Head out
16. Yalie
17. Amiable
19. "Red state" org.
20. Took stock of
21. Fancy pancake
23. Suffix with auction or chariot
24. Was a good boy
26. Carson City's state
30. Calligrapher's embellishment
31. "Metamorphoses" writer
32. Deck protector
33. Lobster __ Diavolo
36. Industrially and economically advanced land
40. Victorian __
41. Hi-fi pioneer Fisher
42. Dry as dust
43. Dutch painter Jan
44. Rock's __ Dan
46. One of a shelf pair
49. Daisy __ ("Li'l Abner" character)
50. Yellow primrose
51. The "J." in J. Lo
56. A sib
57. Nom de plume
60. "To a ..." poem
61. __ Domingo (Caribbean capital)
62. Mel, "The Velvet Fog"
63. Lavatory door sign
64. Tart fruits
65. Hoopster Shaq

Down

1. Nintendo rival
2. "Famous" cookie maker
3. Life stories, in short
4. Word with "ye"
5. Made taut
6. Take in or let out
7. The Hatfield-McCoy affair, e.g.
8. Sealing gunk
9. 12/24 or 12/31
10. Mao's land
11. Israeli desert region
12. Split to wed
13. Applied a rag to
18. On the briny
22. Spitfire fliers of WWII
24. __-eyed (suspicious-looking)
25. March slogan word
26. Junction point
27. "As __" (letter closing)
28. "__ Zapata!" (Brando flick)
29. Summer quencher
30. Howard of SiriusXM
32. Risk a ticket
33. Send packing
34. Muddy up
35. Opie's sitcom dad
37. Tardiness excuse
38. Pizzeria fixture
39. __ kwon do
43. Enjoy Vail, say
44. With it, mentally
45. Take care of
46. __ buddies
47. Nitrous __ (laughing gas)
48. Showbiz twin Mary-Kate or Ashley
49. Much office e-mail
51. Rope fiber
52. A party to
53. Hack's customer
54. Title role for Gwyneth Paltrow
55. Walk like a tosspot
58. Mule of song
59. __-cone (icy confection)

Copyright © Fred Piscop