Prehistoric Puzzling by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Cries one's eyes out 6. "__ boy!" 10. Spill the beans 14. Disney's Little Mermaid 15. Buddy 16. Ancient stringed instrument 17. Where the buffalo roam 18. Colonist loyal to Britain 19. Yard sale caveat 20. Number of red cells, white cells and platelets 22. Pinocchio's protuberance 23. Long-snouted fish 24. Short sock 26. Went for apples 30. __ boom 32. Lab gel 33. Sicilian erupter 35. __ in (introduce gradually) 39. "So what __ is new?" 40. Canines and incisors 42. MBA's subj. 43. Recovery clinic, for short 45. Relaxation 46. Neighbor of Sudan 47. Pie-eyed 49. Magic Johnson's old team 51. Freight train unit 54. Football filler 55. "Your turn," in communications 56. Razzberry 63. Hash house handout 64. Polly, to Tom Sawyer 65. Twain's collaborator on "Ah Sin" 66. Fedora feature 67. Evening, in ads 68. Fill with joy 69. Wild guess 70. Baseball's Slaughter 71. Administered medicine to

Down 1. Cutting remark 2. Sea east of the Caspian 3. Skid row denizen 4. Brand of toy blocks 5. Heavy hammer 6. Role player 7. First word of many Commandments 8. Go left or right 9. "The Joy Luck Club" author 10. Total freedom of action 11. Popular disinfectant 12. Respond to reveille 13. Trouble persistently 21. Midshipman's counterpart 25. __ and tuck 26. Buddy, Max or Bugs 27. Look at flirtatiously 28. Big party 29. Bit of a cutlet's coating, often 30. Move stealthily 31. Nose bag morsels 34. High schooler, usually 36. Need liniment 37. Fly like an eagle 38. Objectives 41. Spiral 44. Bikini top 48. Elegant in manner 50. Like a frightened cat's back 51. B-52's payload 52. In broad daylight 53. City near Dayton 54. Starts the pot 57. Make a shambles of 58. Not tricked by 59. Angelic topper 60. Historical periods 61. Suffix with major or novel 62. Saxophonist's need

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