Putdowns by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Fine rains 6. Mosque head 10. Half the checkers 14. Go gaga over 15. Triathlon, e.g. 16. Creative spark 17. 1991 Oscar winner Foster 18. Seagoing predator 19. Dosage unit 20. Reckless one at a punk rock venue, perhaps 22. Editor's "leave it in" 23. Archery bow wood 24. Cut, as a log 26. Give this for that 30. Smashes into 32. Monopoly buy 36. Succotash bean 37. Mesabi resource 38. Post office employee 39. Valhalla ruler 40. Beauty's beloved 42. Stadium section 43. Computer whiz 45. Museum-funding org. 46. Sailors' saint 47. Golf's "Slammin' Sammy" 48. Asian nation suffix 49. Virginia dance 50. Back of the neck 52. Record label absorbed by Geffen 54. Herring family member 57. Informal chat 63. Place for polish 64. Post mortem bio 65. Spy novelist John Le __ 66. "Ye" follower 67. Our Gang pooch 68. Cat-__-tails 69. Sow's mate

70. Burn a bit 71. Stun gun Down 1. Capts.' superiors 2. Admired one 3. Scotch's partner 4. In good shape 5. Run-down 6. Pots and kettles 7. Painter Chagall 8. Means of entry 9. Stiller partner 10. Something remarkable 11. Cut and paste 12. 22-Across's opposite 13. Pretzel topper 21. Oxygen-dependent bacterium 25. One of the five W's 26. Vegas attractions 27. Add lanes to 28. Priest's vestment 29. Seeker of spare change 31. Had in mind 33. Serving a purpose 34. Note from the boss 35. Flynn of film 38. Batter's position 41. Tailor 44. Wyo. neighbor 48. Navy builder 51. Things onstage 53. Fancy tie 54. Nose-in-the-air type 55. Heavenly circle 56. Elton John Broadway musical 58. Bread for gyros 59. Yemen's capital 60. Pupil's place 61. Author Sarah __ Jewett 62. At no time, to poets Copyright © Fred Piscop