Why, 2K! by Fred Piscop

Across 1. With it, mentally 5. Cornfield array 9. Word before time or rights 14. Love personified 15. News item often written in advance 16. Sudden thrust 17. Highly adroit 18. RC or Jolt 19. Calf-length skirts 20. Piano's "ebonies" 22. Desktop pictures 23. Remitted by mail 24. Old-time "Listen!" 26. Log some Z's 29. Chewed the fat 33. Smart remark 37. Trapper's ware 39. "Would __?" 40. Take the mound 41. Grandchild spoilers, maybe 42. Witty Bennett 43. Largest continent 44. Got a glimpse of 45. Trapshooter's target 46. Greg's sitcom wife 48. Poet Teasdale 50. The Keystone __ 52. Refuse to budge 57. Spills the beans 60. Quirky joint 63. First astrological sign 64. Teased mercilessly 65. Like some chatter 66. Shavings-creating tool 67. "Back to you" 68. Festival showing 69. Puts in order 70. Carrots' mates 71. __ up (come clean)

Down 1. Cars from Sweden 2. Walk leisurely 3. Ryan in Cooperstown 4. Put up 5. Football legend Knute 6. Literally, "high wood" 7. Full of tricks 8. Squirrel away 9. Twain's New York resting place 10. Surprise play on the gridiron 11. Bring to ruin 12. Opposed to, in dialect 13. Discounted by 21. Spock's captain 25. Senate votes 27. One-horse carriage 28. Pitchfork prongs 30. "Fish Magic" painter Paul 31. Word on Irish stamps 32. Nimble-fingered 33. Punch-card scrap 34. Seek a sorority 35. La Scala highlight 36. "Mild-mannered reporter" of TV 38. Word from the crib 41. Lowest high tide 45. Went under 47. Growths on tree trunks 49. Kitchen extruders 51. Barbershop sharpener 53. Flatbottom boat 54. The movie "Wordplay," e.g. 55. Puts on eBay 56. Abounds 57. Bugle tune 58. He sang of Alice 59. Whopper creator 61. Go hither and yon 62. Invention starter

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