Getting There by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Bull artist 5. Short shot to the green 9. Filled to overflowing 14. Pot starter 15. Give a new look to 16. Organic fertilizer 17. Goblet part 18. "Exodus" author 19. Prefix with physics 20. Prepare for an AKC show 22. Oktoberfest vessel 23. Liquored up 24. Lohengrin's love 26. Fireballer Nolan 29. Chicken gizzard, e.g. 33. Use TNT 37. One-liner, e.g. 39. Timber wolf 40. Lomond et al. 41. Blood-typing letters 42. Avoider of meat products 43. High: Abbr. 44. Leap for Sarah Hughes 45. In unison 46. Fastened, in a way 48. Mermaid feature 50. G-men and T-men 52. The heart is largely this 57. Problem for Pauline 60. Do some carpentry 63. Author Zola 64. Man Friday 65. Low-pH stuff 66. "Jurassic Park" DNA preserver 67. "Jurassic Park" beast 68. Singer Braxton 69. Fresh-mouthed 70. Faxed, say 71. Manuscript encl.

Down 1. Goes the distance 2. Emcee's task 3. Bothered incessantly 4. Word on an invoice 5. Caked with dirt 6. Life saver 7. Beatnik's "Gotcha!" 8. Oater band 9. Sampras foe 10. Work at the diner 11. Do a critic's job 12. Calvary letters 13. Mullins of the comics 21. "Dang it!" 25. T-shirt size: Abbr. 27. Trojan War warrior 28. "I pass," in poker 30. Apple's apple, e.g. 31. Abba of Israel 32. Physical fitness 33. Dull as dishwater 34. "Damn Yankees" vamp 35. Circus lineup 36. Upload data, say 38. Caffeine-laden nut 42. Market price 44. Throw in 47. Where morays are caught 49. Cry from the first in line 51. Tiffs 53. Whacks sharply 54. Après-ski beverage 55. Pork cuts 56. Ace Rickenbacker 57. Spherical veggies 58. Rachel's baby in "Friends" 59. Barbecue fare 61. Some euro predecessors 62. Yemeni port

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