National Shakeups
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. "__ mia!"
6. Lamebrain
10. Marquis de __
14. Computer of the '40s
15. Ark set
16. Thunder sound
17. South Pacific dance?
19. Chophouse request
20. Iroquois Confederacy member
21. Word before fiction or fair
23. College web address suffix
25. Merkel of moviedom
26. European sitcom bus driver?
34. "Winner" in a 1948 headline
35. Paddy wagon sounder
36. "Rope-a-dope" boxer
37. Gung-ho
38. __ excursion module
39. Touched down
40. Diarist Anaïs
41. Witchcraft trials town
42. Five-alarmer, e.g.
43. African symbols of royalty?
46. Memorable Burns role
47. __ Tafari (Haile Selassie)
48. Performs sans rehearsal
52. "The Carpetbaggers" producer Joseph E.
57. Carrying no guarantees
58. Asian quiz-show regulars?
61. Gambling haven
62. Lou Grant's paper
63. Christmas tree topper
64. Hammer end
65. Change for a fin
66. Orbital periods

Down

1. "Take __ your leader"
2. Bartlett's abbr.
3. Greedy one's exclamation
4. Christmas trio
5. Plebe's place
6. Masseur's milieu
7. Fleming or Paisley
8. Russian-built fighters
9. Acquirer, as of free passes
10. Sound from a Beatles concertgoer
11. Greenspan, formerly of the Fed
12. Jeanne __ (French saint)
13. Fencer's blade
18. Bit of vocal fanfare
22. __ uproar
24. Andress of film
26. "The __ made me do it!"
27. "Dallas" family name
28. Buntline or Rorem
29. '40s-'50s slugger Ralph
30. Seinfeld's neighbor
31. __ Lama
32. "My Fair Lady" lady
33. TV's Nick at __
34. Comical Carvey
38. Attacked
39. The whole schmear
41. Sellout shows, for short
42. Wage, excluding overtime
44. Incites
45. Brazen boldness
48. Get bent out of shape
49. "Understood!"
50. Half a golf course
51. Gull relative
53. Wind indicator
54. Swenson of "Benson"
55. __-do-well
56. Conduit bends
59. Missile for Moe
60. Tummy muscles

Solution

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