Take a Stab by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Place for vows 6. Go the distance 10. Counterfeit 14. Pro __ (perfunctory) 15. Cambodia's continent 16. __ breve (2/2 time, in music) 17. Long, crisp munchie 19. Sluggers' stats 20. Crystal ball gazer 21. Part of a royal flush 22. Epoch in which modern mammals arose 24. Novelist Hunter 26. Decorated the walls, in a way 27. Roof support 30. "__, young man" (Greeley's advice) 31. Ham it up 32. Eliot's Marner 33. Zeus or Thor 36. __ Beach, Florida 37. About to collapse 38. Sheltered inlet 39. Sleek plane of yore 40. Classic toothpaste brand 41. Bridge expert Charles 42. Fielder's stat 44. Like a dirty-tricks campaign 45. Serves, at a restaurant 47. Wander about 48. __ band (variety show act) 49. Spinning toy 50. Acting too hastily 54. Surrealist painter Joan 55. Tropical viper 58. PC bailout keys 59. Film director Kazan 60. Illinois city 61. Nair rival 62. Pop's Celine 63. Lots and lots

Down 1. Andrews, Langley, etc.: Abbr. 2. Folk history 3. Oak or elm 4. Almond-flavored liqueur 5. "Far out!" 6. Grow dark 7. X, __ "xylophone" 8. "__ 'em, Fido!" 9. Subtract 10. Marx Brothers films, e.g. 11. 2007 Peace Nobelist 12. 1988 Oscar winner Kevin 13. Slackened 18. Magi guide 23. Reveals, poetically 25. Two-finger sign 26. Oompah band tune 27. Guns, as an engine 28. Spy Aldrich __ 29. City on Florida's Atlantic coast 30. Willie Mays was one 32. '70s teen idol Cassidy 34. Walkie-talkie word 35. Fender ding 37. Overindulged, in a way 38. Snowsuit, e.g. 40. Frank Capra's "__ Wonderful Life" 41. W's title before pres. 43. Most extreme 44. Deal with difficulty 45. Most Vassar grads 46. Ouzo flavoring 47. Tokyo trasher, in film 49. Crosby, Stills and Nash, e.g. 51. Poker pot primer 52. Flat boat 53. Cacklers 56. Inventor Whitney 57. __ Cruces, New Mexico Copyright © Fred Piscop