In Conclusion by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Alternatives to Volvos 6. James __ Garfield 11. __ Paese cheese 14. Just kidding around 15. Rigg or Ross 16. Hollywood's Thurman 17. Dull surface, as of paint 19. Biol. or chem. 20. Jack Sprat's preference 21. More morally degraded 23. State with conviction 26. Greeks 27. Olympic ski champ Phil 28. Pea container 29. Suffix with bleacher or suburban 30. Te-__ (cigar brand) 31. Apothecary's weight 33. Broke down grammatically 36. Mother porkers 38. Concert venue 40. Scandinavian capital 41. Strut showily 43. Comic Rudner 45. Chow down 46. Roofer's gunk 47. Code often following city and state 48. Al __ (pasta specification) 50. Moss's reproductive-cell container 53. Gave the slip to 54. Hook-shaped New England peninsula 55. Citrus drinks 56. Headstone letters 57. Post-World War II barrier 62. Indivisible 63. Guardian Angel's topper 64. Take forcibly 65. "__ Rosenkavalier" 66. Grad students' hurdles 67. Flubbed

Down 1. Scrooge player Alastair 2. Santa __, Cal. 3. Toward the stern 4. Suspect in many murder mysteries 5. Looked like Snidely 6. Tennis edge 7. Coal container 8. Embossed 9. Photographer Adams 10. Gospel's Jackson 11. Front part, as of a gun 12. Host a roast 13. Lions' digs 18. "Spare tire," essentially 22. Way to get around Paris 23. Build up 24. Pago Pago's place 25. Dazzling performance 26. Like the "Iliad" or the "Odyssey" 28. Goal on a hole 32. Bit of sunshine 33. Benatar or Buchanan 34. Send to cloud nine 35. Was overfond 37. Piece of the pie 39. Playful bite 42. Puerto Rican city 44. Unfavorable 47. Actress Pia 49. Island with colossal carved heads 50. "Catch of the day" fish 51. "Common Sense" pamphleteer Thomas 52. More upset 53. Alternative to .org, .com or .net 55. Does something 58. "__ blu, dipinto di ..." 59. Televise 60. Suffix with ion or lion 61. Nancy Drew's beau

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