Pin Cushion
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Whimpers
6. "Survivor" network
9. "Well done!"
14. "... and thereby hangs __"
15. "Bali __"
16. Staff anew
17. Soda shop freebie
18. Social connections
19. Cordial flavor
20. PIN
23. Have __ at (try)
24. Tie up the phone
25. Tippler's road offense, briefly
28. Lustful god
31. Indicate a turn
36. Cube creator Rubik
38. Cavern comeback
40. Slug's trail
41. PIN
44. "Once upon __ ..."
45. Culinary directive
46. Confined, with "up"
47. Take umbrage at
49. Baseball great Slaughter
51. Cambodian's neighbor
52. Symbol of might
54. "Bill __, The Science Guy"
56. PIN
63. Sal of "Exodus"
64. "Dubya," as a collegian
65. Part of HUD
67. Scorpion attack
68. Keep out
69. Socialite Mesta
70. Oil magnate J. Paul
71. Where slop is served
72. Got to second base, in a way?

Down

1. Barker and Kettle
2. Singer James or Jones
3. Bit of Halloween makeup
4. Woolly Andean
5. When treated, it becomes sludge
6. "Blondie" creator Young
7. Ruination
8. Pantywaist
9. Having a salty taste
10. Janet of the Clinton cabinet
11. In the thick of
12. Bud holder
13. 1300 hours
21. Kitchen utensil
22. KLM rival
25. __ flask (inspiration for the Thermos)
26. Put on paper
27. Roy or Niger of CORE
29. Newspaperman Adolph
30. "On the Beach" novelist Nevil
32. Hardly four-star fare
33. Bruce of Sherlock Holmes films
34. Appliance brand
35. Slowly, on a score
37. "All __" (popular '30s tune)
39. Actor Ken or Lena
42. Winemaker's science
43. Sweden's monetary unit
48. __ kwon do
50. IHOP condiments
53. TV beatnik Maynard G. __
55. Plumed wader
56. Take the bait
57. "Put a lid __!"
58. Took a turn
59. Mattress support
60. Knee-high to a grasshopper
61. River of Aragon
62. Like most NBAers
63. Chow mein additive
66. Society page word

Solution

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