Royal Flush
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Bar mitzvah dances
6. Doll word
10. Fish often used in gefilte fish
14. Totally helpless
15. Help illegally
16. Burn soother
17. Tither's payment
19. Capital of France's Lorraine region
20. Drives recklessly
21. MS. accompaniment, often
23. Stereotypical pirate feature
24. "Hawaii Five-O" star
28. Virginia dance
29. Acqua Di __ (men's fragrance)
31. Out of __ (awry)
32. Gave the thumbs-up to
33. Turkish bigwig of old
35. Former Cheney Chief of Staff "Scooter" __
36. Disney lioness
38. Vinyl collectible
41. Wields a blue pencil
42. "Be prepared" org.
45. Beach atmosphere
47. Ottawa's prov.
48. End-of-round sound
49. "Old" monarch of rhyme
51. Going nowhere, careerwise
53. Prefix with physical
54. Made straight
55. Harry Chapin classic
58. Wrap for a sprain
61. Of higher rank than
62. Be a fink
63. Talks nonsense
64. Cut back
65. McClurg or Sedgwick
66. Nuke blast

Down

1. Broadway success
2. Vacation length, often
3. Backed out
4. Horrify
5. Jobs of Apple
6. Apples on desktops
7. "Honest" moniker
8. The brainy bunch
9. "Sic 'em!"
10. Alabama's state flower
11. Hoppy brew
12. Go bad
13. Candy in a dispenser
18. Marley's music
22. Résumé listings
23. President __ tem
24. Mr. X, in court
25. Wagering locale: Abbr.
26. Soldier in gray
27. Martini order

30. "Aha!"
33. Stone used by pedicurists
34. Have __ (be influential)
36. Sticky situation
37. Head Hun
38. "Go ahead, shoot!"
39. Luau souvenir
40. Antiperspirant brand
42. Leave desolate
43. Icky deposits
44. Key near the space bar
46. Take turns
48. Pancho Villa, notably
50. Added booze to
52. Japanese assassin
54. Up to the job
55. Climber's goal
56. Ex of Artie and Frank
57. Gen-__ (boomer's kid)
59. Grid star Manning
60. Body shop fig.


Copyright © Fred Piscop