Open 38-Down by Fred Piscop

Across 1. New-__ hay 5. Synthetic fiber 10. Alka-Seltzer-landing-in-water sound 14. Indy winner Luyendyk 15. Bobby of the Black Panthers 16. Ready to pluck 17. Greek Z 18. Recap giver 20. Monroe __ (1823 pronouncement) 22. Churchillian gesture 23. Blond shade 24. Basis for discrimination 25. Is so minded 29. Goldie of "Laugh-In" 31. In an evasive manner 32. Ibn __ (Arabia's founder) 34. It has 100 seats 36. Beau Brummell 37. De Mille or Moorehead 39. Signed like an illiterate 40. Dustin's "Midnight Cowboy" role 42. "Welcome" giver 43. Think highly of 46. Vintner's dregs 47. Lily Tomlin's Ernestine, for one 49. Irish Rose's man 51. Like some deodorants 52. Bearded beast 53. "Platoon" war zone, informally 56. Part of SSN: Abbr. 57. Not invincible 59. Sparsely distributed amount 63. Shaker stuff 64. Hammer head 65. Like a King story 66. Ballet bend 67. Capp or Gump 68. Rationed, with "out" 69. Malamute's tow

Down 1. Miata maker 2. Stackable cookies 3. "Red Scare" fanatic, so to speak 4. Clutter-free 5. Hands out 6. See the old gang 7. Partner of rank and serial number 8. "Slippery" tree 9. Ultimatum alternative 10. Blesser of holy water 11. Smith or Claiborne 12. Unlock, poetically 13. __ annum 19. "__ Madness" (anti- marijuana film) 21. Like steak tartare 25. Lamp cover 26. Highest-numbered item in a rack 27. "How can __?" (gambler's query) 28. Proofreader's finds 30. Suffix with cannon or block 31. Look from Snidely 32. Pago Pago's place 33. Slack-jawed 35. Sing the praises of 38. One surrounds each theme entry in this puzzle 41. "Rope-a-dope" pugilist 44. Placed in inventory 45. Acted the field general 48. Like a ready-to-use violin bow 50. On the other hand 52. Bottled spirit 54. Kate's TV roommate 55. Allotted, with "out" 57. Compete in logrolling 58. Krait cousins 59. Therapeutic spot 60. Relief pitcher's locale 61. Checkers color 62. Writer Rosten

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