Grounders
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Strokes of genius
6. SST part
11. Vietnamese holiday
14. Long suit
15. Princess's topper
16. "... and that ain't __!"
17. Carla Tortelli portrayer on "Cheers"
19. Telepathic letters
20. Steak __ (raw dish)
21. Conical abode
23. Diamond arbiters
25. Brunch rolls
26. Inventor Tesla
30. Nucleus part
32. Trims to fit, perhaps
33. "Laughing" scavenger
34. Prefix with logical or metric
37. Applies a patch, perhaps
38. Swerved off course
39. Tulip planting
40. __ chi
41. "Rabbit food"
42. Ethiopia's __ Selassie
43. Maker of German WWI biplanes
45. Low-fare shuttle bus
46. Manhattan theater district eatery
48. Key with four sharps: Abbr.
50. Pizza perimeter
51. Egg containers, biologically
56. "Thrilla in Manila" boxer
57. What the birds found in this puzzle's theme entries have in common
61. Dino, to the Flintstones
62. High-tech eye surgery
63. The "K" in DKNY
64. Chucklehead
65. Idyllic places
66. Pelt with rocks

Down

1. Links vehicle
2. Govt. workplace watchdog
3. Exploitive type
4. Fuel from bogs
5. Cathedral that's the seat of the Bishop of London
6. Throat malady
7. Jed Clampett's discovery
8. Where many vets served
9. Roth acct.
10. Bach choral work
11. Batman foe played by Burgess Meredith
12. Flip chart holder
13. A, B, AB, and O, bloodwise
18. Humorist Bombeck
22. Swelled head
24. Intrusive PC programs
25. 007
26. Fit snugly
27. "The very __!"
28. Chinese gooseberries, more

familiarly
29. Extra periods: Abbr.
31. Marsh plant
33. Patriotic Nathan
35. Model Macpherson
36. Do as told
38. Hairy Himalayan beasts
39. Black Halloween animal
41. Piece of chewy fruit candy
42. Horseplay
44. "__ bodkins!"
45. Coffee, slangily
46. __ Flow (Scottish channel)
47. Van Gogh city
49. Pokes fun at
52. Baseball card tidbit
53. Jesse Jackson hairdo, once
54. Tartan-sporting family
55. "Auld Lang __"
58. "__ enough?"
59. U-turn from WNW
60. Yang's counterpart


Copyright © Fred Piscop