Good-For-Nothings by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Shakespeare, the __ of Avon 5. Move stealthily 10. Gullible sorts 14. Natural soother 15. "The Luck of Roaring Camp" writer Bret 16. "The African Queen" screenwriter James 17. Abundant harvest 19. Sell by machine 20. Dabblers 21. Dazed state 23. Shirt size: Abbr. 24. Go onstage 25. Op-ed piece, e.g. 29. Item in black ink 32. Crazy as a __ 33. Country estates 35. Dizzy's jazz genre 38. Batter's stat 41. Suffix with racket or rocket 42. Money earned 43. Suffix with million 44. Hoopster Shaq 45. Riverbank frolicker 46. Uses a swizzle stick 49. Scene-ending cry 51. Shoe piece 53. Bach works 58. Pierce portrayer Alan 59. Springy gym item 61. Keep in check 62. Metronome setting 63. "__ Dinka Doo" 64. Hellenic H's 65. "This is only __" 66. Get misty-eyed Down 1. Rummy cake 2. Homecoming guest

3. "Arrivederci, __" 4. Org. unit 5. "I dunno" gesture 6. Mother-of-pearl 7. Drops the ball 8. From __ Z (the works) 9. Hung on to 10. Scholarly type 11. Player's rep 12. English coppers 13. Passover feast 18. Hard to grasp 22. Pee Wee in Cooperstown 25. "Or __!" (ultimatum words) 26. Flat fish 27. Like Aesop's grapes 28. "The Hulk" director __ Lee 29. Star in Perseus 30. Shut loudly 31. Salt away 33. Trellis climber 34. Ancient Peruvian 35. Fish tempter 36. Hideous sort 37. Use a spyglass 39. Knife in old infomercials 40. Lab maze runner 44. Heart, lungs, etc. 45. Director Preminger 46. Glassy look 47. Vacancy sign 48. Land sought by Columbus 49. Places to pitch tents 50. Prepare to transplant 52. Singer James or Jones 53. Made the scene 54. Touched down 55. Fork part 56. "Diana" singer Paul 57. Burn the surface of 60. No longer working: Abbr. Copyright © Fred Piscop