Out on a Limb by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Person, place or thing 5. Baby powder mineral 9. Ship's navigation system 14. "Rule, Britannia" composer 15. "Hear no __ ..." 16. Island off Venezuela 17. Seized vehicle 18. __ Linda, Calif. 19. Naive ones 20. Grid official, before kickoff 23. Diner lunch order 24. Caught in a trap 25. Sushi bar quaff 27. Surfacing stuff 28. Became skilled in 32. Pale with fright 35. Hayloft bundle 36. Wax's opposite 37. Fan's rebuke 38. Smoke shop buys 41. Nutritionist's abbr. 42. Jazzy Fitzgerald 44. Object of ridicule 45. Pucker producer 47. Turnpike structure 49. Fork over 50. Important work 51. Strip sections 54. Female whale 56. Show set in the White House 60. Parcel out 62. Hair line 63. Line to Ben-Gurion 64. Source of irritation 65. Pastry finisher 66. __-Seltzer 67. Samantha of "Doctor Dolittle" 68. Snug and warm 69. Marsh plant

Down 1. Pusher's foe 2. Creme-filled snacks 3. Detach, in a way 4. Nursery newcomer 5. Penn pal 6. Steer clear of 7. Like a wet noodle 8. Keep time, in a way 9. Maze scurrier 10. __ pro nobis 11. Durable pitcher's asset 12. Genesis victim 13. Thomas, creator of the GOP elephant 21. Euro predecessor 22. Krupp works city 26. London's __ Gardens 28. Dull finish 29. Oodles 30. Within: Prefix 31. Watergate figure John 32. Help in a heist 33. Go it alone 34. Big eater's attribute, facetiously 35. Super dry, to a vintner 39. Put to shame 40. Italics do it 43. Mont Blanc, e.g. 46. Glasses and such 48. One of an alley's two 49. Turnover, e.g. 51. Rosie of "White Men Can't Jump" 52. French textile city 53. Plumber's tool 54. Superhero's garment 55. Designer Cassini 57. Grander than grand 58. Baylor's city 59. Tickled pink 61. Reproductive cells Copyright © MacNamara's Band, Inc.