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