"How Much?" by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Become wearisome 5. "Hold on __!" 9. Cruise quarters 14. Bhutan's locale 15. The Mideast's __ Strip 16. Sheepish? 17. Scott Baio sitcom 20. Control mechanism, for short 21. According to __ 22. Took the reins 23. __-Seltzer 25. Mrs. Chaplin 27. Desktop publisher's task 31. Da __, Vietnam 35. Earth-friendly prefix 36. Baby blues 37. NY Met or LA Dodger, e.g. 38. Rep.'s rival 39. Lead tenor in "La Bohème" 43. "What a surprise!" 44. Pub offerings 46. 1964 Oscar winner Kedrova 47. "__ y Plata" (Montana's motto) 48. Hang in the hammock 49. Giant's chant 52. "Where there's a __ ..." 54. Of great proportions 55. Audiophile's collection 58. Fit for a king 60. Get naked 64. Auditing firm that merged with Coopers & Lybrand 67. TV exec Spelling 68. Take ten 69. Trapper's trophy 70. Garbo, by birth 71. Tracy's Trueheart 72. Bad day for Caesar

Down 1. Campaign funders, for short 2. Netman Arthur 3. Bull artist 4. Grubs and maggots 5. Get mellower 6. Strutted 7. Basso Pinza 8. "__ believe this?" 9. Skater Sasha 10. Gardner of film 11. Compete in logrolling 12. "Picnic" playwright 13. Have to have 18. One given to vegging out 19. Circulatory blockage 24. Drop for a ten-count 26. Massachusetts cape 27. Gas or clutch 28. Amtrak's Northeast Corridor bullet train 29. Morticia's husband 30. "__ Mio" 32. Standoffish 33. India's first prime minister 34. Best man's best friend, maybe 40. Having no pizazz 41. Toss with a spatula 42. Klutzy 45. Ensure, with "up" 49. Took to the air 50. Bandleader Les or Larry 51. Squids' kin 53. Dunne or Papas 55. No. brains? 56. Oater challenge 57. Your excellency 59. Suit to __ 61. Felt sorry about 62. Castaway's locale 63. They're often unwelcome at motels 65. Massachusetts cape 66. ACLU concerns: Abbr.

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