Number Please
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Leaders' spots
6. Cake recipe verb
10. Lhasa __ (dog)
14. Close to
15. 30% of the world
16. Impact sound
17. CafĂ©'s offering, perhaps
19. Mesa dweller
20. Church foyer
21. Public outbursts
23. __- Magnon
24. Like neon or krypton
25. Soft drink selections
29. Cambridge student, informally
32. Fool's time
33. "Stompin' at the __"
34. U.K. lexicon
37. Hawaiian necklaces
38. One of HOMES
39. Philippines native
40. Moon craft, for short
41. Cheney's successor
42. "Hi & Lois" child
43. Means of escape
45. Like an angry cat's back
46. Pago Pago's land
48. Jamaica, Barbados, etc.: Abbr.
49. Performers with big red noses
51. Some poor hoops shots
56. Tear apart
57. Bit of good fortune
59. Ensures, slangily
60. Dust Bowl refugee
61. Alternative to buy
62. Procter & Gamble shampoo brand
63. Ties the knot
64. Made less tense

Down

1. "That's a gas!"
2. Raven-colored, to bards
3. Crude dude
4. Erato or Clio
5. Sign painter's form
6. Battleship blast
7. "It makes sense"
8. Half a sawbuck
9. Small amounts
10. Greek goddess of wisdom
11. Superman's "dressing room"
12. "Excellent!"
13. Keats or Shelley
18. Happy-hour stops
22. Gas-mileage rating category
25. Ominous cloud
26. Duel tool
27. Initial source of energy
28. "__ boom bah!"
29. Is interested
30. The Bard's river
31. __ compos mentis
33. Brewski
35. Art Deco notable
36. "I __ it!" (Skelton catchphrase)
38. Hotfoot it, old style
39. Boom box port
41. Cereal choice
42. Keep a ball bouncing
44. "__ young man" (Greeley's advice)
45. Not as planned
46. Company store money
47. Ralph's missus
48. Items in a rack
50. Not doing much business
51. Fatty __
52. General vicinity
53. Grazing spots
54. Use a surgical beam
55. Agenda, for short
58. Hawaiian music maker

Solution

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