No Pun Intended
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Acted the expectant father
6. Commandments verb
11. Apply turf to
14. Lacking a mate
15. No-no
16. Soldier's fare, briefly
17. Wild uproar
19. "Alley __"
20. Start a pot
21. Ultimatum ender
22. Antacid brand, for short
24. Eat away at
26. Supreme Court resignee of 2009
27. Night wear, for short
29. It may result in a goal
32. Desert green spots
34. Horton creator Dr. __
35. Huge-screen format
36. Chichén Itzá inhabitant
38. Cast-of-thousands film
42. In unison
44. Add fuel to
45. Player coming off the bench
50. MGM roarer
51. Fills with glee
52. Licorice-like flavor
54. Place for vows
55. Spumante source
57. Spain's longest river
60. Word with mess or press
61. Seeker of the Fountain of Youth
64. U-turn from WSW
65. Mary of "The Maltese Falcon"
66. Name in ranges
67. 64-Across, e.g.
68. Exec's closetful
69. Slapped the cuffs on

Down

1. __ John's (pizza chain)
2. One of the Aldas
3. "The Barefoot __" (Bogart movie)
4. Bitter-__ (die-hard)
5. "Fiddle-de-__!"
6. Like hot merchandise
7. Kid-lit hero Brinker
8. Irish Rose's lover
9. Bud's comedy partner
10. Tree-climbing girls, e.g.
11. Like a recently shaved face
12. Start of a lament by Juliet
13. Kick out of the country
18. Iranian of old
23. Apple or potato variety
25. Photo __ (camera sessions)
26. Knock for a loop
27. Luau fare
28. Jazz session
30. Up to now

31. __ & Perrins Worcestershire sauce
33. Two-horse wager
36. Talc-to-diamond scale
37. Singer DiFranco
39. Trellis growth, perhaps
40. One of the Clantons
41. Corp. VIP
43. Himalayan guides
44. __ Lanka
45. Reached a max
46. Big Ten's Fighting __
47. Yak, yak, yak
48. Source of fries, slangily
49. Oklahoma city
53. 1965 civil rights march site
55. Prefix with war or hero
56. Tartan sporter
58. Rice-A-__
59. __ even keel
62. Buckeyes' sch.
63. Shucked item


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