Losing Traction by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Israel's Ehud 6. Ego or field follower 10. Mouth, slangily 14. Where you live 15. Tilt-A-Whirl, for one 16. Ancient letter 17. Engineers' gear, once 19. Obsessed by 20. Curtis of cosmetics 21. Female hormone 23. Dudley Do-Right's beloved 25. Plumber's union? 26. Varicolored 29. Author McEwan 31. Michelin introduction of 1948 36. Ideology 37. Do over, as a lawn 39. As of 40. Verbal faux pas 43. Cock and bull 44. Simpleton of rhyme 45. Boot one, in baseball 46. Gangster's code of silence 48. "High __" (Anderson play) 49. Supercomputer name 50. Big Band __ 52. Practice with a pugilist 54. Schnozz adornment 59. 1998 Masters winner Mark 63. Fast-shrinking Asian waters 64. Stereotypical sighter of pink elephants 66. Salty septet 67. Raines or Cinders 68. Ebbets Field hero 69. Ran like heck 70. O'Casey or Ó Faoláin 71. Barkin or Burstyn

Down 1. Big shindig 2. Up to the task 3. Muddy up 4. Either 2 in "2 + 2" 5. New Hampshire city 6. Play about Capote 7. Steam up 8. That is, in Latin 9. Be a royal pain to 10. The Magi, e.g. 11. Ladder segment 12. Pot builder 13. Menial laborer 18. Help from the bull pen 22. Think logically 24. Hangs tough 26. Large edible clam 27. Sufi's faith 28. Writer Zola 30. Hold to a .000 batting average 32. Cacophony 33. Stevens of "The Farmer's Daughter" 34. MDX and RDX automaker 35. Distrustful 37. Personnel listing 38. Audition CDs 41. Part of wpm 42. Lethargic state 47. Comes to mind 49. Embroidery yarn 51. Spot for a bracelet 53. Dean Martin's "That's __" 54. GOP elephant creator Thomas 55. Stackable cookie 56. German coal region 57. "If all __ fails ..." 58. __ monster (large lizard) 60. Genesis victim 61. Crafty move 62. Sermon closer 65. Veep before Al

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