Quadruple-U
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Film flop
5. Bandleader Xavier
10. Pirate's quaff
14. Mideast bigwig
15. River to the Missouri
16. Went by bus
17. Social outing
18. __ of Troy
19. [ding-dong] "__ calling"
20. Post-Cold War power arrangement
23. Airline to Stockholm
24. Born, in bridal bios
25. Like many a bog
28. NATO member
31. Rock bottom
35. Strong temptation
36. Like a football, before kickoff
38. Santa __, Calif.
39. Lehar work, with "The"
42. Crackerjack pilot
43. Punctual
44. "A __ technicality"
45. Porterhouse, e.g.
47. "You bet!"
48. Flattens, in the ring
49. Toupee, slangily
51. Strauss's "__ Rosenkavalier"
52. Cohabitant of sorts
59. Mob bigwig
60. Wavy pattern in fabric
61. Fill with cargo
63. In the strike zone
64. Cyber-sales
65. Place to wait
66. Declare false
67. Convened anew
68. Like the Sabin vaccine

Down

1. One "B" in B&B
2. Muscat's land
3. Tiny pest
4. "Punky __" ('80s sitcom)
5. Pacific salmon
6. Exploitative type
7. Unmitigated __
8. Turned gray
9. Mortise mate
10. Like good eggs
11. Wander about
12. Garlic quality
13. __-Xers (boomers' kids)
21. Very, in teen slang
22. Extend, in a way
25. Big cats
26. How we stand
27. Come to terms
28. Togetherness
29. __ Hawkins Day
30. Molecule builders
32. Name in Chicago politics
33. Emcee's task
34. Tears to the ground
36. MYOB part
37. Merino mother
40. Li'l Abner's family name
41. Texas Panhandle city
46. National Guard center
48. England's __ Gardens
50. Pyle of Mayberry
51. Resided
52. Spelunker's milieu
53. Ready for business
54. Symbol on a staff
55. Neeson of "Michael Collins"
56. Indy driver Luyendyk
57. Worth a C, perhaps
58. Novelist Ferber
59. New England catch
62. Sushi order

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