In the Papers
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Like the Marx Brothers
7. Bandy words about
11. Playground game
14. Take wing
15. Money since 2002
16. "Bravo, torero!"
17. Backbone
20. Descartes' "therefore"
21. Steeple swinger
22. Not saying much
23. Comedian Louis
24. __ mode
25. Recommend publicly
27. Victorian novel, e.g.
32. Don't exist
36. Hide the gray, say
37. Walked upon
38. Long skirt
39. Journalists, collectively
41. Grebe or grackle
42. Nursery school, for short
43. "For __ a jolly . . ."
44. Full of dandelions
45. Ranch house's lack
49. Have stamina
50. Maiden-named
51. Rack item, briefly
54. Like cheering crowds
57. Interval on a scale
59. Sight in an OPEC land
60. "The," to a grammarian
63. Keebler baker, in ads
64. "__ Fire" (Springsteen hit)
65. Grease monkey's container
66. Rejections
67. iPhone programs
68. Spreads apart

Down

1. Master hand
2. New York's __ Fisher Hall
3. Mournful melody
4. Roman called "The Censor"
5. Gorged on
6. Bit of rock
7. Beach ball balancer
8. Playthings on strings
9. Parabolic path
10. Discover by digging
11. Guided vacation
12. Charitable gift
13. Word before splicing or therapy
18. Be a parent to
19. 1970 Beatles chart-topper
24. To the point
26. Lofty lines
28. Words of clarification
29. One of five "Greats"
30. Clothesline, e.g.
31. MacDonald's partner in old movies
32. Current units
33. Like some stamps or steaks
34. One hired by a corp. board
35. Composer Rimsky-Korsakov
39. Advanced degs.
40. Weary motorist's oasis
44. Slingshot shape
46. C.S. Lewis' land
47. Fit to serve
48. Printers' proofs
51. Place of pilgrimage
52. Put to rest, as fears
53. Secluded valleys
54. Yemeni port
55. Move, informally
56. Does in, slangily
58. Some perfect scores
59. Shortz of "Wordplay"
61. Misbehaving tot
62. Word of advice

Copyright © Fred Piscop