Take Me to Your Leader by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Treasure hunter's aid 4. Go out of business 9. Send, as payment 14. From __ Z 15. TV's Uncle Miltie 16. Pennsylvania sect 17. Leader's fountain treat? 19. Dessert that "there's always room for" 20. Astronaut Shepard 21. Tarzan portrayer Ely 22. Trading post transaction 23. Drive or chip 25. "Misery" Oscar winner Bates 27. NO __ TRAFFIC 29. Kerouac's "Big __" 30. Neighbor of Mex. 33. __ primavera 36. Soft-drink flavoring 39. Green-card holder 40. Holiday preceder 41. Sans cream 42. Sharecropper's employer 44. Takes to the cleaners, so to speak 45. Snaky shape 46. Lawyer's take 47. Math course 49. Whacks sharply 51. Where telecommuters work 55. Congregation leader 58. Wee bit 60. "I'll get around __!" 61. Sacrifice site 62. Leader's clarinetist? 64. Nor'easter or nor'wester 65. Toga sporter 66. JFK sked info 67. Gets likkered up 68. Bit of witchcraft 69. Comic Aykroyd

Down 1. __ boy (overly dependent fellow) 2. Not quite erect 3. Like Peary's expeditions 4. "60 Minutes" network 5. MacNeil's longtime partner 6. Cookie often eaten inside-out 7. Move towards one's prey, perhaps 8. "A mouse!" 9. Leader's toon? 10. Abrasive cloth 11. Comic Kamen 12. Maroon's home 13. Hammer-wielding god 18. Like macramé 22. AC capacity units 24. Leader's unforeseen problem? 26. State confidently 28. Collection of on-line discussion groups 30. __ Mountains (Europe/Asia divider) 31. Potatoes purchase 32. Puts a question to 33. Hardly ruddy 34. "Oh, woe!" 35. Confessor's revelations 37. "__ Maria" 38. O'Hare departures 43. Get threadbare 48. Michelin tire innovation 49. Vacant look 50. Barber's sharpener 52. __ and aahed 53. Sporty Mazda 54. Hawke or Allen 55. Time traveler's destination 56. Kind of sax 57. "Cool it!" 59. "Look __ ..." ("Misty" lyrics) 62. "__ gratia artis" 63. Blowup: Abbr.

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