"Take Yer Pick!" by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Makes smooth 6. Boozehounds 10. Jungle swingers 14. Vacant look 15. October birthstone 16. Perfume container 17. Sub detector 18. "Will be," in a Doris Day song 19. Opposing 20. Question from a supermarket bagger 23. U-turn from WSW 24. Gas pump number 25. "Eureka!" 28. SASE, e.g. 30. Dallas sch. 31. "__ Croft: Tomb Raider" 33. "__ call us ..." 35. Debate issue 40. Phrase of professorial survival 43. Comedic Ole 44. Petri dish gel 45. Raines of film 46. Beachgoer's goal 48. Brylcreem amount 50. Took command 51. On dry land 55. Thanksgiving tuber 57. Words to a fleeing criminal, in cop movies 63. Vocal quality 64. Light bulb, in comics 65. Composer Bruckner 67. Baker's need 68. Type of sax 69. Three feet plus, to Brits 70. Half the checkers 71. Reduced by 72. Do penance

Down 1. Draft board initials 2. Mounted on 3. Granny 4. Window dressing 5. At peace 6. Just fair 7. Abbr. on an old telephone's "0" 8. Rain-delay rollout 9. Zigzag downhill 10. Skipper's "Stop!" 11. One of a 1492 trio 12. Have a pie delivered, say 13. Part of a pie 21. Tears to bits 22. Like a 45-degree angle 25. Brand for Fido 26. Do a trucker's job 27. Some Wall St. traders 29. "Yankee Doodle Dandy" composer 30. Prized violin, briefly 32. Hoppy brew 34. Quaff with fruitcake 36. Mine yield 37. Dosage unit 38. Land in the ocean 39. Ballot punch-out 41. Emcee's spiel 42. Says grace, e.g. 47. Pre-cable hookup 49. Grand __ (Freeport's island) 51. Fur tycoon 52. Potbelly, for one 53. Put a sharp edge on 54. Precedes the headliner 56. Painter Claude 58. Out of action 59. "Shall we?" response 60. Neighbor of Vietnam 61. "Beetle Bailey" pooch 62. In need of mending 66. Born, in bios Copyright © MacNamara's Band, Inc.