Raising the Steaks
by Fred Piscop
Across

1. Paparazzo's target
6. Jessica of "Sin City"
10. "Make it fast!"
14. Superior to
15. Carson's predecessor
16. Pac-10 team
17. Cerium, erbium, etc.
20. Caustic stuff
21. Mold-ripened cheese
22. Will Smith film based on an Asimov classic
23. Cause of weird weather
25. Porker's pad
26. Gum arabic
31. Inexact recipe amount
33. "Rabbit food"
34. Churlish sort
36. __ mater
40. Seance figure
43. Canine visitor to Oz
44. At __ end (flummoxed)
45. Slowly, on a score
46. Student VIP
48. One in a convent
49. Scot's topper
52. Antiaircraft gun
55. Delphic prophet
57. "Passages" author Sheehy
59. Forum greeting
62. Meaning no harm
65. Inner: Prefix
66. Look after
67. Large ray
68. Hang in there
69. 1974 Peace Nobelist
70. Witch's ride

Down

1. Sagan of "Cosmos"

2. Cyber-bidder's site
3. Handed-down tales
4. Time to party, perhaps
5. English channel, informally
6. Boston Marathon month
7. Grow dark
8. Scroogian epithet
9. With limbs linked
10. Mercury or Saturn
11. Some line-crossers
12. Mete out
13. Hardly ruddy
18. Surface figure
19. Lustful god
24. Ones on pedestals
26. Office title abbr.
27. Mob bigwig
28. Touched down
29. Chocolate substitute
30. __ Amin (Forest Whitaker role)
32. The devil's domain
34. LeSabre maker, once
35. Granola morsel
37. Navel buildup
38. Trumpeter's accessory
39. 19-Down, to the Romans
41. Opinion, colloquially
42. Yalie
47. Timbuktu's land
48. "SNL" segment
49. Corner man's throw-in
50. Luxury box locale
51. Fountain treats
53. Go-between
54. "No problem!"
56. Circulation problem
58. An arm or a leg
59. __ Domini
60. Presidential turndown
61. Wax-coated cheese
63. Drink with scones
64. Dinghy propeller

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