Just Ducky
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Pompous walk
6. Jean Arp's art
10. "Quick!"
14. Make ashamed
15. Black, to Blake
16. Rub the wrong way
17. "The dog ate my homework," e.g.
19. "__ never fly!"
20. Fresh-mouthed
21. White terrier, for short
23. Goods producer
27. "Every Breath You Take" singer
28. Pretty up
29. Yangtze River boat
32. Puttered around
33. Georgia home of the Allman Brothers
34. It may be bridged
37. Ill-mannered
38. Spitting mad
39. Dramatic award
40. Four-song releases, typically
41. Falsified, as a check
42. Earth's outer layer
43. More clichéd
45. Oscar winner Berry
46. Barfly's perch
48. Bee participant
50. Growing weary
52. Magician's hiding spot
53. Airline with a Star of David in its logo
54. 1927 aviation hero, informally
60. Sharp part
61. Diminutive suffix
62. Be nuts about
63. Cattail, e.g.
64. Eliot of "The Untouchables"
65. Like a $3 bill

Down

1. Mineo of "Exodus"
2. Awaiting scheduling, initially
3. Collide head-on with
4. Put to good __
5. Atlantic ocean, to Brits
6. Openly criticize
7. Border on
8. Big affairs
9. From square one
10. Aretha's longtime label
11. Little Bighorn leader
12. Having no chips left to bet
13. Pequod co-owner, in "Moby Dick"
18. Gen-__
22. "Baseball Tonight" airer
23. Laissez-__
24. Find the total of
25. Place for furs, perhaps
26. Christmas purchase
29. Piggy-bank filler
30. Like gastric juice
31. Like Carnaby Street fashions
33. Critter in house dust
35. Frozen food area
36. Last Supper attendee
38. English __ (college course)
39. Like some confessions
41. Ceramist's oven
42. H.S. experiment site
44. Muddied up
46. Take the helm
47. Mark in "mañana"
48. "For goodness __!"
49. Paper towel feature
51. Secluded valley
52. Batting avgs., e.g.
55. Sport __ (versatile vehicle)
56. Nuptials response
57. Yuletide quaff
58. Joanne of "Red River"
59. "__, Virginia . . ."

Solution

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