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