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