Initial Offerings by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Hotelier Helmsley 6. Monks' titles 10. Said "no contest," perhaps 14. Young eel 15. __ IRA 16. Bushy do 17. Defender of Sam Sheppard 19. Highchair feature 20. Really, really bad 21. Give an address 22. __ Aviv 23. Audited, as a college course 25. Hasbro action figure 29. Former Israeli prime minister Shamir 31. In flames 33. Give a grade to 34. Consumer protection org. 37. Badminton projectile 38. Whacked, bible-style 40. Get-out-of-jail money 41. Sault __ Marie 42. Baseball's Musial 43. Debussy or Rains 45. Right, on a map 48. Packing a piece 49. Laundry collectors 51. Cowboy Rogers 53. Driver's one-eighty 54. Wide view 59. Yule trio 60. Two-time Reform Party standard- bearer 62. Assns. 63. "That hurt!" 64. Disney World theme park 65. Heed the alarm 66. Stained, like a desk blotter 67. Lunch hours for many

Down 1. Southpaw's pitching arm 2. Vogue rival 3. In excess of 4. __-do-well 5. Dispute settler 6. Like lace 7. Part to play 8. Munched on 9. Like a wallflower 10. Pro __ (for one's country) 11. "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" author 12. Muse of poetry 13. Respected elder 18. Grandpa Simpson 21. "Top __ mornin'!" 23. RBI or ERA 24. Montezuma, for one 25. Sailors, slangily 26. Handkerchief ltr. 27. Early "The Today Show" chimp 28. Suffix with fact or planet 30. Prisoner's legwear 32. Fragrant compound 35. __ one's time (wait) 36. Ran, as a color 39. "Serpico" author Peter 40. Stand in the way of 42. Caught in the act 44. Expose 46. Ascend 47. Like an inferior novel 49. Blockbuster aisle 50. Video game pioneer 52. Add-__ (extras) 54. Small pit 55. Taken-back car 56. With the bow, in music 57. Apollo 11's landing spot 58. Bar assn. members 60. __ polloi 61. Vie for office Copyright © Fred Piscop