P Soup by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Gradually slower, in mus. 4. "__ she blows!" 8. Possessed, biblically 13. __ tree (trapped) 14. Add to the staff 15. Wipe out 16. Quit for the day 18. Gain again, as one's trust 19. All-inclusive 20. Actress Longoria 22. The Tigers, on scoreboards 23. Jockey's handful 24. "The Wild Bunch" director Sam 27. SHO sister station 28. White-gloves affair 30. Moistens anew 31. Pompous sort 33. Hexa- halved 35. Java vessels 36. Energy-restoring drinks 40. WWI-era plane 42. Soft touch 43. Mini-albums, for short 46. Like gridlocked traffic 49. Get firm 51. CD store section 53. It's really a gopher 55. What "there is nothin' like" 57. Duffer's miracle 58. "Ben-__" 59. Copyist 60. Like the animals in a petting zoo 63. Wait for a kiss 65. Win the heart of 66. List ender 67. Hotel amenity 68. Feudal drudges 69. Poor, as excuses go 70. Shucker's unit

Down 1. Media mogul Murdoch 2. "The Girl From __" 3. Military science course 4. Parched feeling 5. Sexologist Shere 6. Paul's "Exodus" role 7. Oscar winner Zellweger 8. Start of a bray 9. Pub offering 10. Blank look 11. DiMaggio's 56 and others 12. Dimes, to dollars 15. Buccaneer Sir Francis 17. They're related 21. Obsolescent tape player 24. The "P" of PRNDL 25. "The jig __!" 26. Like the Vikings 29. Abbr. related to 66-Across 32. Gunpowder igniter 34. Baby-sitter's handful 37. Twiddling one's thumbs 38. Sunup direction 39. Beehive State Indian 40. Icy treat 41. Tempo setter at Indy 44. Flat land 45. Licorice-flavored liqueur 46. Dark suit 47. Old anesthetic 48. Joanne of "Abie's Irish Rose" 50. Fishing gear 52. Eye, slangily 54. Adrien of cosmetics 56. Dr. __ of 51-Across 59. Three-card monte, e.g. 61. World finance org. 62. Rock's __ Lonely Boys 64. Hagen of stage and screen Copyright © Fred Piscop