Crossword Puzzle: Temperature's Rising by Fred Piscop

5. Nixon's first veep

10. Polio vaccine developer

14. Actor Bates

15. Dry Italian wine

16. "Terrible" czar

17. Metal-cutting tool

19. Forbidden thing

20. Way up or down

21. Social insect

22. Pesky swarmer

23. "Gee whiz!"

26. 180-degree turns, slangily

28. Unbiased judgment

33. Healthful getaway

35. It's at your fingertip

36. Unprincipled sort

37. Stone: Suffix

39. Clutch tightly

42. Cheshire Cat feature

43. Neptune's domain

45. Neck and neck

47. Tack on

48. Hug and kiss, e.g.

52. Pro __ (proportionally)

53. Ship out

54. Doll's cry

57. Tax pro

59. "Time is money," e.g.

63. Career grand slam leader, to fans

64. What a car chase participant may be in

67. Opposed to

68. "C'mon in!"

69. Algerian port

70. Artsy Big Apple area

71. "Peg Woffington" author

72. Granny

1. PC alternatives

2. Oodles

3. In __ land (spacy)

4. The "i" in Roy G. Biv

5. Pompeii coating

6. "... the grace of God __"

7. "Apollo 13" org.

8. See 45-Across

9. Confused mass

10. Ossining, New York prison

11. Stratford's river

12. __ Lang (Superboy's girlfriend)

13. Board flaw

18. Sing like Harry Connick Jr.

24. Smelter residue

25. Salon sweepings

27. Shaggy Tibetan critter

28. Supply the food

29. Blue __ special

30. Clear wrap

31. Gung-ho

32. Give temporarily

33. Like a turtle

34. Typewriter type

38. Amateur broadcaster's gear

40. Tiny tastes

41. "Hu$tle" subject Rose

44. Gun rights org.

46. Iraqi monetary unit

49. Worker with acid

50. Gangster known as "Scarface"

51. Heavily favored

54. "Serpico" author Peter

55. Florence's river

56. Closet pest

58. "__ boy!"

60. Subtle glow

61. Composer __ Carlo Menotti

62. Sicilian spewer

65. __ XING (road sign)

66. Suffix with script or strict