I'm Tired! by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Wade through mud 5. El __ (weather phenomenon) 9. Comedian Rock 14. Ballerina's garb 15. Words of confidence 16. Half of Hispaniola 17. "Topaz" author Leon 18. Once-common electronics shop gadget 20. "Iliad" sage 22. Musical talent 23. Like a broken bronc 24. Qatari, e.g. 26. Partner of red beans 28. Rarely seen brass instrument 33. Prefix with center 34. Bit of foliage 35. Casaba or Crenshaw 38. Business abbr. followed by a year 40. Winter neckwear 43. In __ straits 44. Port on the Seine 46. Narc's incursion 48. Front end of a bray 49. Cause to get inebriated 53. Canyon comeback 54. Pack away 55. When doubled, a penitentiary 58. MS. reviewers 60. Puts up 64. Neither sink nor swim 67. Cheer for your team 68. Get melodramatic 69. Sticky strip 70. Where Paris took Helen 71. "What's My Line?" crew 72. "Zounds!" 73. One of the Ivies

Down 1. Phaser setting 2. Tackle box item 3. Mayberry tippler 4. Composer Mahler 5. Fertilizer compounds 6. Post-OR place 7. Local theater, slangily 8. Slot machine attribute 9. Fidel's associate 10. Sped up 11. Actress Moreno 12. Bit of news 13. Farm father 19. Chicago paper, familiarly 21. Sportscaster Hershiser 25. Bric-a-__ 27. Dot follower 28. Zig or zag 29. Lhasa __ (small dog) 30. Grinned from ear to ear 31. "It's a work __!" 32. Statesman Root 36. Creme-filled snack 37. __-do-well 39. Convention attendee 41. Cheerleaders' syllables 42. Rid of impurities 45. Big Apple inits. 47. Christian in fashion 50. "That was close!" 51. Compound of element #53 52. Of a standard keyboard layout 55. Choreography bit 56. "__ La Douce" 57. Marquee gas 59. Dateless 61. Mrs. Dithers 62. Hammer or sickle 63. Lid malady 65. Costa __ Sol 66. Emissions-watching org.

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