Hitting the Ball
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Working away
5. Word on a US coin
10. Van/__/Straw
14. Insignificant
15. "Exodus" actor Sal
16. Bar mitzvah dance
17. Long, crisp munchie
19. Olympics blade
20. Make blank
21. House add-on
23. Cash in
25. Singletons
26. Public transportation patron
29. Respond to, as information
33. Rosary part
37. "__ Rosenkavalier"
38. Dahl or Francis
39. Sax type
40. Lip application
42. "Battle Cry" author Leon
43. Hang loosely
45. Windows forerunner
46. Two make a quarter
47. Bypass the altar
48. Fend off
50. Bushy coif
52. On one's rocker?
57. The Depression Era, for many
62. Crockett's Waterloo
63. Footnote abbr.
64. Bloodsucking flier
66. Farmer's place, in a song
67. Computer of the '40s
68. Balboa, to Stallone
69. Vogue rival
70. Take one's sweet time
71. Acted the fink

Down

1. Traffic light color
2. __ Haute, Ind.
3. "__ you loud and clear"
4. Make fun of
5. Proprietary symbols: Abbr.
6. Bar mitzvah or baptism
7. Operating system on many servers
8. Pie chart piece
9. New York subway station buy, once
10. Mentally stimulating extracurricular group
11. Pueblo Indian
12. Twistable cookie
13. Port in Normandy
18. Critter with a scut
22. Within earshot
24. Pesky flier
27. Actor Benicio __ Toro
28. Eat away at
30. Hatcher or Garr
31. "Don't bet __!"
32. Legendary loch
33. Expressed, as a farewell
34. Airline to Tel Aviv
35. "__ extra cost"
36. Simple swimming stroke
38. Pompous ones
41. Absorb, with "up"
44. Took a powder
48. Pax __ (uneasy peace)
49. Shakespearean king
51. Fastener for Rosie
53. On one's toes
54. Verboten
55. Place for cyber-shopping
56. Was overfond of, with "on"
57. Lie low
58. Genesis victim
59. Small stream
60. Abu Dhabi dignitary
61. Practice for a bout
65. Dangerous for driving

Copyright © Fred Piscop