Chop-chop by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Walden, for one 5. LL.D. holder 9. Seaside cities 14. Love personified 15. Pug's garb 16. Dickens' Heep 17. Scale down 18. Minuscule pest 19. Letter after gamma 20. Selfish motive 23. Had an edge 24. Dark times, poetically 25. Queen of mystery 27. Type of lily 30. Dazed and confused 32. Taking after 33. Finalizes, as a deal 36. Was in the red 40. Gulf War projectile 43. Merlin, e.g. 44. Dredge 45. Fudge the facts 46. Like some alleys 48. More off-the-wall 50. Inebriated 53. In alignment 55. "All the Things You __" 56. Thin, angular physiognomy 62. Cavity site, often 64. Yemeni, for one 65. Love personified 66. Writer Zola 67. Ancient letter 68. Hoof sound 69. More judicious 70. Do KP work 71. Former Twins star Oliva

Down 1. One of the Three Bears 2. Muscat's land 3. Role for Myrna 4. Philadelphia university 5. A noble gas 6. Ice picker-uppers 7. Lift for a skier 8. Hirsute Himalayan 9. Evidence of melting 10. Bonanza stuff 11. Lunar valley 12. Spud 13. Of ill repute 21. Emulate Mr. Kotter 22. Tabloids "monster" 26. Vietnam neighbor 27. Persian and Manx 28. Natural emollient 29. Poor, excuse-wise 30. Made inquiries 31. Office fill-in 34. Pretentious 35. Author Wister 37. Woolly partner 38. Nobelist Wiesel 39. Salt lick visitor 41. Wall St. whizzes 42. One end of a pig 47. Bush-Kerry debate moderator Jim 49. Switch sides 50. Arcade attractions 51. Java quality 52. Former baseball exec Bud 53. Macbeth's title 54. One of Lee's men 57. Infield cover 58. Rock's Mötley __ 59. Woody's son 60. Critter for Crockett's cap 61. Catch sight of 63. Hoppy quaff Copyright © Fred Piscop