Making a Pitch by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Prepare to fire 4. Rogue 10. London lockup 14. Brady Bill-opposing org. 15. Anti-sub weapon, slangily 16. Gymnast Korbut 17. "Spring forward" event, e.g. 19. Civil wrong 20. "... or __ me?" 21. Abu Dhabi and Dubai 23. Kind of soup popular in the South 27. Norwegian saint 28. Quibbler 33. License plate issuer: Abbr. 36. Rock's Cream, for one 37. Revolutionary diplomat Silas 38. Crack the books 40. Have a hunch 43. Tilt-A-Whirl, for one 44. Pompous ones 46. Faux: Abbr. 48. City near Ben-Gurion Airport 49. Controversial 1994 book by Murray and Herrnstein 53. Diva's rendition 54. China cabinet fillers 58. Furniture piece near a couch 62. "Zip-__-Doo-Dah" 63. Droner, often 64. One relapsing into sin 68. General Bradley 69. Plaza Hotel imp 70. Gerund finish 71. Anchor's delivery 72. Petered out, like a well 73. Computer add-on? Down 1. Those against 2. Like Abie's Rose

3. Jackie's predecessor 4. Campaign funding gp. 5. "Sort of" suffix 6. When doubled, a dance 7. Complexion woe 8. Ames Brothers classic 9. "The Iceman Cometh" playwright Eugene 10. Pestered 11. Oodles 12. Mean dude 13. Back muscles, for short 18. Design with acid 22. Late-night fridge visit 24. Wharf pest 25. What snobs put on 26. Creamy cheese 29. SST part 30. Opossum's gripper 31. Ecto- opposite 32. Marsh growth 33. "Fiddlesticks!" 34. Fit well together 35. Ming collectible 39. Lincoln and Douglas, in 1858 41. X-rated stuff 42. Leprechaun land 45. Blood fluids 47. Dam-building org. 50. Women's __ (activist of a sort) 51. "Deck the Halls" syllables 52. Morales of "La Bamba" 55. Ace Rickenbacker 56. Most MTV fans 57. Twilled fabric 58. Black, to bards 59. Seward Peninsula city 60. Oater challenge 61. MBA class 65. Joke around with 66. Ukr. or Lith., once 67. Rocketry pioneer Willy Copyright © Fred Piscop