Letterwomen by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Hollywood statuette 6. Ziti or penne 11. Guy's partner 14. Zeus turned her to stone 15. Some saxes 16. Prefix with bar or therm 17. Comics "Cinderella" of 1925-61 19. Well put 20. Fixed part of a dynamo 21. Initial stake 22. Op. __ (footnote abbr.) 23. Slaughter of Cooperstown 25. Apartment balcony 27. Plays the ponies, say 30. D.C. baseballer, in headlines 32. Movie rating unit 33. "Exodus" hero 34. Nest eggs, for short 36. Cabinet department 39. Neeson of "Kinsey" 41. Explorer John or Sebastian 43. Winter fall 44. Mr. T movie of 1983 46. Vincent Lopez's theme song 47. Icky stuff 48. Oodles 50. Anthem contraction 51. Defraud 52. Places to buy ice cream 55. __ Lee cakes 57. Discount tag abbr. 58. New Jersey university 60. Get underhandedly 64. Before, to bards 65. "Give me your tired, your poor ..." poet 67. __ and feathers (old punishment) 68. Oater "necktie" 69. Make into law 70. Nautical assent

71. Utters a mild expletive 72. Titled women Down 1. Till stack 2. River sediment 3. Soft drink choice 4. Slackens off 5. Scout's mission, for short 6. Give two thumbs down to 7. Alan of "M*A*S*H" 8. Surgeon's blockage reliever 9. Rich pastries 10. States positively 11. Supermodel played by Angelina Jolie 12. Jellied garnish 13. Singer Lenya 18. Like an O. Henry story 24. Clear kitchen wrap 26. Ghetto scurriers 27. Like Kojak's pate 28. Director Rohmer 29. Cassandra Wong player in "Wayne's World" 31. Forbidden 35. Cobbler's supply 37. Hammer or sickle 38. Furry "Star Wars" creature 40. Shopaholic's mecca 42. Pacific battle site of 1943 45. One of a library pair 49. Earthquake preceder, perhaps 51. Fruit in a split 52. Michelangelo masterpiece 53. Orderly formation 54. Pago Pago's island group 56. Tore to the ground 59. Tweed caricaturist Thomas 61. Unit of fat 62. Writer Clare Boothe __ 63. Repair shop figs. 66. Guitarist __ Paul Copyright © Fred Piscop