Sight Rhymes by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Pike or perch 5. Letter before iota 10. Release forcibly 14. Queens, NY tennis stadium 15. Medalworthy behavior 16. Game of chukkers 17. Ascend in a tree? 19. Old US gasoline brand 20. Metronome setting 21. Upper-left PC key 22. Gave an "R" to, say 23. More mean-spirited 26. Far from dense 30. Exposes at a costume ball, perhaps 34. Sweep under the rug 35. Pungent-smelling 38. Beach plaything 39. __ podrida (spicy stew) 40. Hi-__ graphics 41. Cinders of old comics 42. Open-__ shoes 43. Boxcars, in dice 45. Bell-ringing cosmetics company 46. Rock layer 48. Slap the cuffs on 50. Coffee or tea 53. Bound by oath 56. Tail motion 57. Horse in a harness race 62. Poor, as excuses go 63. Get rid of the stubble? 65. Light bulb, in comics 66. Kitchen fixtures 67. Hertz rival 68. Hang in the balance 69. Western Australia's capital 70. Boxer's prize Down 1. Almanac tidbit 2. Vacation destination

3. Leveling wedge 4. Rope fiber 5. FDR power project 6. Rock's Van __ 7. Beethoven dedicatee 8. "Top Gun" actor 9. Wall St. figure 10. Stab a fruit cup morsel with a fork? 11. Place to trade 12. Choice word 13. Club selection 18. Bleachers serenade 22. Sleep activity, for short 24. Stephen of "Still Crazy" 25. Politically unaffiliated: Abbr. 26. Scotch servings 27. Chuck Yeager, e.g. 28. "Inferiority complex" coiner Alfred 29. Check a loaf's freshness date? 31. Soothing stuff 32. Drug bust units 33. Apply spin to 36. Concern for Batman 37. T. __ (fearsome beast) 43. Lincoln Aviator, e.g. 44. Mattress problem 47. Royal flush part 49. Gym iterations 51. Frenzied sort 52. G-man, e.g. 53. Go sprawling 54. Enjoy the kiddie pool 55. Black cat, to some 58. Ill-fated whaler of literature 59. Bat's hangout 60. Like Darth Vader 61. Take five 63. Short flight 64. Cheroot residue Copyright © MacNamara's Band, Inc.