Shots to the Ribs by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Clumps of hair 6. Radiant 11. Wing it, musically 14. Battleship broadside 15. V sign's significance 16. Astronomical altar 17. Parable of a biblical wastrel 19. Make illegal 20. Robert of "The Sopranos" 21. Uganda site of a 1976 Israeli commando raid 23. Channel for armchair athletes 26. To the __ degree 28. "__ for the weary" 29. Candle bracket 31. Penitent one 33. "For goodness __!" 34. Ornamental jug 35. Syllable from Curly 38. On one's toes 39. '50s campaign nickname 40. Hearty brew 42. Starchy tuber 43. Small songbird 44. Verso's opposite 45. Fish-eating hawk 48. English terrier breed, informally 49. The Yankees' #7 51. Prohibition __ 53. Deli loaves 54. Embrace 56. Height: Prefix 58. __ snail's pace 59. Spiny fish 64. "Le Coq __" (Rimsky- Korsakov opera) 65. Bench-clearing brawl 66. Kate's TV pal 67. Phase out 68. Harmonica virtuoso Larry 69. Settle, as a debt

Down 1. Dosage amt. 2. Old Mideast inits. 3. Impresario Ziegfeld 4. Microwaveable meal 5. Agronomist's study 6. In pieces 7. Hair goo 8. Use a surgical beam on 9. Former Justice Sandra Day __ 10. Continued 11. Lewis Carroll nonsense poem 12. Burnoose wearers 13. "Olympia" painter Edouard 18. Heredity carrier 22. "... __ I saw Elba" 23. English exam composition 24. Milan's La __ 25. One of a fad collectible set 27. Alan's "M*A*S*H" role 30. Chicago hrs. 32. New driver, often 34. Cork's land 36. Convex navel 37. Siouan Indians 40. Sellout sign 41. Like Czar Ivan? 43. Took by force 46. Monogram worn by Stan Musial 47. Blood bank supply 48. Dixie pronoun 49. Gettysburg victor 50. Writer Chekhov 52. Leaf picker-upper 55. Dosage unit 57. Go lickety-split 60. Fair mark 61. Matterhorn, for one 62. Spy org. 63. Anthem composer Copyright © MacNamara's Band, Inc.