In a Stew by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Theater attendant 6. General __ chicken (Chinese dish) 10. Hang around 14. Purple hue 15. "Listen here!" 16. Erie or Huron 17. Mete out 18. Site for cyber-bidders 19. Mayberry jailbird 20. Redo a poor drive, say 23. Right angle 24. __ Marino 25. Links norm 28. Laundry batch 31. One who's hitting 36. Send off 38. Black cat, maybe 40. Ali of women's boxing 41. Altar offering, of sorts 44. Promotional link 45. Underworld kingpins 46. Grumpy old man 47. With no assurance of profit 49. Van Halen's David Lee __ 51. Singer DiFranco 52. Bowl yell 54. Cry of delight 56. "Got a complaint?" 63. Chuck wagon fare 64. Tough exam, slangily 65. Wilkes-__, Pa. 67. Suffix with million 68. "A Bug's Life" bugs 69. Trellis climbers 70. Pitt on screen 71. "Very funny!" 72. Basic principle

Down 1. Actress Thurman 2. Seagoing sort 3. Hippy dance 4. Summon forth 5. Narrate anew 6. The other side 7. "Elephant Boy" boy 8. Face-to-face exams 9. Early US space station 10. Plod along 11. "Toodle-oo" 12. Closely related 13. "You bet!" 21. Cold fish-like 22. Counting everything 25. Sauce with basil 26. At full speed, at sea 27. Reduces to bits 29. In the thick of 30. Designer's concern 32. Bath powder mineral 33. Princess's topper 34. Violinist Mischa 35. Synagogue leader 37. Go sprawling 39. El __ (ocean current) 42. Nonreactive, chemically 43. Noted furrier 48. Algiers district 50. Tolkien creature 53. Serengeti laugher 55. Fling with force 56. Electric fan sound 57. Israeli dance 58. Left slack-jawed 59. Swearing-in highlight 60. Celestial bear 61. Oscar role for Julia 62. Off the hook 63. Hack's vehicle 66. Body shop fig. Copyright © Fred Piscop