Stripers
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Styptic stuff
5. Some bunts, for short
9. Angelic strings
14. iPod model
15. __ Sea (Amu Darya's outlet)
16. Disney's mermaid
17. Peruvian of old
18. Infamous "fiddler"
19. Like winter winds
20. Malodorous plant
23. Bothers incessantly
24. Go to the mat, in dialect
28. Hit head-on
30. Scottish port town
31. King in 1922 news
32. Bulgaria's capital
36. Gumbo veggie
38. RPM-measuring gauge
39. 1968 Rock Hudson movie
42. Keeping one's cool
43. "Miracle" team of 1969
44. Jimmy of the Daily Planet
45. Right-angle bend
46. Impresario Hurok
47. One of Dumbo's "wings"
49. Vintner Paul
51. Sporty Fords, for short
56. Comerica Park replaced it
60. Of the Vatican
63. Assign a PG to, say
64. Inner: Prefix
65. In flames
66. Nest eggs, for short
67. Golden-__ (senior)
68. Knight's mount
69. Coworker of 44-Across
70. Get outscored

Down

1. Absinthe flavoring
2. Sri __
3. Full-length, as a movie
4. Responses to bad puns
5. Holy places
6. Plane measure
7. Pasta or potatoes, to a marathoner
8. Oscar Madison, e.g.
9. Plane's home
10. Sign of spring
11. Storied Van Winkle
12. Get-up-and-go
13. Full of guile
21. Measure of gold purity
22. Indo-__ languages
25. Wild guesses
26. "Filthy" money
27. Hawke of Hollywood
29. "Vacancy" sign displayer
30. Cropped up

32. Command to an attack dog
33. Florida citrus city
34. Chops down
35. Ideology suffix
37. Hobby store buy
38. K-__ (big name in records)
40. In the thick of
41. Anthony Quinn's Greek
46. In need of laundering
48. Declare under oath
50. Glassy-eyed look
52. Worthy aim
53. Musical Starr
54. Weekend ranchers
55. Chocolaty campfire treat
57. Estrada of "CHiPs"
58. Like proverbial hen's teeth
59. Spider-Man creator Lee
60. Faux __ (blunder)
61. Toward the stern
62. Missile from Moe


Copyright © Fred Piscop