Phoning In by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Popular mints 6. "__ Steverino!" (Steve Allen book) 10. Pond gunk 14. Be of use 15. Bloodhound's clue 16. It's chopped liver 17. Place setting piece 19. Toiling away 20. Like a pleasant aroma 21. Avoid court 23. __ out (just make) 24. Farm bundler 25. Aplenty 29. "In Cold Blood" author 32. Pile up 33. Quite the expert 34. "Silent" pres. 37. Beats it, in dialect 38. One who's underage 39. Travel before takeoff 40. Orange or lemon drink 41. Nation once known as Dahomey 42. Pepper grinders 43. Noted Big Apple restaurant 45. Deadly missile 46. Addlebrained 48. In a blue funk 49. Spring arrivals 51. Dorm dwellers 56. Heavy load 57. Radio control 59. Minnelli of "Cabaret" 60. Vivacity 61. Moon surface feature 62. Like a sluggard 63. Politico Gingrich 64. Spirited horse

Down 1. Chaplin prop 2. "__ Almighty" (Steve Carell movie) 3. Fully absorbed 4. "Kon-__" 5. Deli gadgets 6. Mezzo-soprano Marilyn 7. Beatnik's "Understood" 8. Sweetums 9. Assns. 10. Showed one's contempt for, maybe 11. Open audition 12. Of service 13. Cabbie's ticker 18. Adidas rival 22. Black, in verse 25. Madly in love 26. Surrounded by 27. Up-to-the-minute gossip 28. CIA forerunner 29. __ Major (southern constellation) 30. Bell-ringing company 31. According to 33. __ Cooper (car) 35. Wheel shaft 36. Santa checks it twice 38. Avg. 39. Up to, in ads 41. __ Mawr, PA 42. Rainy-day racetrack favorites 44. "Do __, not ..." 45. Oz creator L. Frank __ 46. Like Parker's wit 47. Ancient land near Lydia 48. Bit of daredeviltry 50. Cinematographer Nykvist 51. Picnic dish 52. Rework, as a story 53. Khartoum's river 54. O. Henry product 55. Malamute's tow 58. Córdoba cheer Copyright © Fred Piscop