Geez! by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Lake of TV talk 6. Zero-star fare 10. "Say no more!" 14. Abductor in tabloids 15. Putter's target 16. Facetious "I see" 17. Patriotic fan of author Fannie? 19. Greet the villain 20. Go ballistic 21. Jackie's predecessor 22. Step in for 26. Mitty's creator 28. Bothered incessantly 29. Sisterly 31. Earls' inferiors, in old England 33. Watered down 34. Building addition 37. Lighten up 38. "Oklahoma!" aunt 40. Pizazz 41. __-cone (cold treat) 42. Play to __ (draw) 43. Gets rotten 45. Exalts 48. Protractor's measure 49. Board a puddle-jumper, say 51. Scarlet bird 53. Errand runner 54. Prefix meaning "billionth" 55. Amorphous mass 56. Fete for football coach Amos Alonzo? 62. Barely beat 63. Do roadwork 64. Matt of "The Today Show" 65. Ph.D. and B.S. 66. Gave the boot to 67. "Breaking Away" director Peter

Down 1. Luftwaffe battlers: Abbr. 2. Out of sorts 3. Cloak-and-dagger org. 4. Frat party sight 5. Thankless so-and-so 6. Tends to the stubble 7. Tennis score before 15 8. Praise for a picador 9. According to 10. Much of North Africa 11. Con game for actress Diana? 12. Actor Davis 13. Tough nut to crack 18. WWII lady in uniform 21. Gloom 22. Is worthy of 23. Hawke of film 24. Visibility problem for circumnavigator Phileas? 25. London's Drury __ 26. Sloth's home 27. Winter coats 30. Little hooter 32. Take hold 35. French textiles city 36. Short-straw drawer 39. Long sentence? 40. __ fide 42. Apple treatment, once 44. Splendid array 46. Academy freshmen 47. Like a pro wrestling event 49. Incited, with "on" 50. German Expressionist Emil 52. Film director Lee 54. Basilica center 56. Healthful getaway 57. Word with sin or luxury 58. Travel org. 59. Stagnation, jobwise 60. Shirt with a slogan 61. Decade divs.

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