Flip-Flops
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Touched down
5. Make oneself hoarse, perhaps
9. Chichester chap
14. Comical Carvey
15. Truant from the troops
16. Ancient Greek colony
17. Blooper removals?
20. Get gussied up
21. Glitterati
22. La Brea gunk
23. Understood
26. Pendulum's path
27. Israel's Olmert
29. Deceive
34. Bad start?
37. They're spent by 25-Down
39. Words before pot or seed
40. Searchers for opinions?
44. London Magazine essayist
45. Try for an ace, perhaps
46. Unidentified Richard
47. Spaghetti western director Leone
50. Ragout or burgoo
51. Be light at the poker table
53. Dadaism pioneer Jean
54. Protrude
57. Troopers' quarries
62. O. Henry device
64. Summarize some baseball plays?
67. John who played Gomez
68. "It's Impossible" singer
69. Adman's award
70. New moon, e.g.
71. "Terrible" time
72. Sharp as a tack

Down

1. Expand the family, in a way
2. Designer Ashley
3. ICBM part
4. British gallery founder Sir Henry
5. Chew the rag
6. Merino mama
7. A bundle
8. Alpaca kin
9. Satirist Ambrose
10. Rioter's take
11. Cross to bear
12. Toy on a string
13. Division in both major leagues
18. "Measure for Measure" villain
19. Auto pioneer Benz
24. Part of B&O
25. Folks on either side of the Bosporus
28. Valleys
30. In the past
31. Ill-humored
32. Gridiron great Graham
33. Pinocchio's protuberance
34. Executes
35. Time for eggnog
36. The slammer
38. Rather, informally
41. Trail the pack
42. Eggs order
43. Carnival doll
48. Its deficiency causes goiter
49. "The Virginian" author Wister
52. Not on all fours
54. Ten million ergs
55. Set free
56. Youngest heavyweight champion
57. It comes in cakes
58. Propel, as a pram
59. Bluesy James
60. Bush 41 and 43, as collegians
61. Unlikely to steal bases
63. Alcatraz, with "the"
65. Cyber-shorthand for "editorially speaking"
66. Turndowns

Solution

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