"Rah!" by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Flings the horsehide 6. Chicago trains 9. Knuckleheads 14. NBC newsman Roger 15. Card player's cry 16. "Stormy Weather" singer 17. SIS 20. Sailors' patron 21. Tip of a wing tip 22. Bon __ (witty saying) 23. Legal claims 25. Tiny tootler 28. Winner's take, often 30. Shell game, e.g. 32. "Well, lah-di-__" 33. San __ Obispo, Calif. 35. Exam sans pencils 37. Brown-toned photo 41. BOOM 44. Extend, in a way 45. '60s-'70s Japanese prime minister 46. Huffy state 47. What's more 49. "Read 'em and __!" 51. NFL tiebreakers 52. Adds, in a way 56. Get going 58. Man-mouse link 59. Unlikely tic-tac-toe win 61. One with pressing duties? 64. BAH 68. Permeate 69. Neptune's domain 70. Bagel choice 71. Stun gun 72. Pull the plug on 73. Hardly wordy

Down 1. One of the Cartwrights 2. Condo, e.g. 3. Nat Turner led one 4. Austrian actress Palmer 5. Attacks à la "Ghostbusters" 6. Three-minute __ 7. Use weights 8. Nosy sort 9. Non-fielding 28-Downs 10. __ and aah 11. Teaser ad 12. Sign up 13. Brief fight 18. Sarge, e.g. 19. Tim of "Sister, Sister" 24. Delhi wraps 26. Mama __ Elliot 27. Scolds, with "out" 28. Oriole or Blue Jay, for short 29. Clare Boothe __ 31. Colorful 50-Down 34. Dishonest sort 36. Medieval strings 38. Red wine choice 39. Pt. of a monogram 40. FBI workers: Abbr. 42. Holds title to 43. Word preceding justice or license 48. Way in 50. Mocking bird 52. Namely, in legalese 53. Bakery lure 54. Pasta, potatoes and such 55. Wild West knot 57. Late TV exec Arledge 60. Seer's sign 62. Parts of psyches 63. Artist Magritte 65. Scheduled to arrive 66. Not "agin" 67. In a blue funk Copyright © Fred Piscop