In the Saddle by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Nun's garb 6. PCs' "brains" 10. Campaign news 14. Please no end 15. Trunk fastener 16. Port on a lake of the same name 17. General who rode Traveler 19. Inflict corporal punishment on 20. Speak haltingly 21. Tot's transport 23. Headmaster's title 24. Cops' stunners 25. Beaded shoe, for short 28. "__ the season ..." 30. Oregano, e.g. 31. Open-eyed 33. "__ me out!" 35. "__ La Douce" 39. Big rig 40. Org chart levels 41. Roller coaster feature 42. Muscle malady 43. "__ Well That Ends Well" 44. Garlic portion 45. Slinky's shape 47. "Game of Thrones" channel 49. Tex-__ cuisine 50. Horrify 53. Landers of advice 55. Woman with vision 57. A number of 61. Singing Mama 62. Revolutionary hero who rode Brown Betty 64. Choir voice 65. Making a hobby of 66. Go for another 12 issues, say 67. Feudal drudge 68. In apple-pie order 69. Tire feature

Down 1. Towel word 2. Oodles 3. Rummy cake 4. Tabloids twosomes 5. Home-wrecking bug 6. "Half-Breed" singer 7. Broadway's "__ Joey" 8. Plays for a sap 9. Ghostly apparitions 10. Legendary cowboy who rode Widow Maker 11. Mount the soapbox 12. Lid or lip application 13. Grouchoesque looks 18. Actress Polo 22. Crew implement 25. Halloween accessory 26. "The Virginian" Author Wister 27. Hunter's garb, for short 29. Swindler's aide 30. Draconian 32. Wild West scout who rode Apache 34. Sinuous swimmer 36. Part of an accusation in the game Clue 37. Deep Blue decision 38. Very top 40. Dizzying dive 44. Adopt Judaism, say 46. Córdoba cry 48. 1930s heavyweight champ Max 50. Tin Pan Alley org. 51. Proponent of positive thinking 52. Marinara alternative 54. "When pigs fly!" 56. All there 57. Schedule opening 58. Actress Russo 59. Apartment listing datum 60. Like a dirty old man 63. Hagen of Broadway Copyright © Fred Piscop