Hot Tips by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Catches some rays 5. Suffix with auto or bureau 9. Roman Empire invaders 14. "... or __ me?" 15. Bank takeback 16. Come to terms 17. Symbol of stubbornness 18. Wallet wad 19. "Maria __" ('40s hit) 20. They're tipped 23. Crockett's last stand 24. Poetic pugilist 25. Erie Canal mule 28. Subway standee's aid 32. Strait of Messina monster 34. Start of MGM's motto 37. British nobles 39. Sashimi fare 40. They're tipped 44. Kumquat's shape 45. Boyfriends 46. __-cone (summer treat) 47. Part of CORE 50. Gloomy, in poetry 52. Animal that bugles 53. Profession, slangily 55. __ toast 59. They're tipped 64. Give a score to 66. Cattle poker 67. Nest eggs, for short 68. Tosses the horsehide 69. Galileo's home 70. Mild-mannered 71. Atlas feature 72. Dummy Danny 73. Mr. Potato Head pieces

Down 1. Animated movie feline 2. "The __" (tavern order) 3. Nabisco wafer 4. Gets really ticked 5. Moat critter, for short 6. Russo of "Get Shorty" 7. Gibbons et al. 8. Puccini heroine 9. Language that gave us "banshee" 10. Look like a wolf 11. Bald 12. Cackler 13. Ross or Sargasso 21. Observer 22. Two of the racing Unsers 26. Green Mountain Boys leader 27. Will Rogers prop 29. Wet behind the ears 30. Fine horse 31. Practiced, as a trade 33. Doorbell-answerer's word 34. Be gaga over 35. Hertz, to Avis 36. Carnival stands 38. Telephone button 41. Biblical priest 42. Be contrite 43. Crammers' worries 48. Most fit 49. "__ Darlin'" (jazz standard) 51. Speak from memory 54. Lighter brand 56. Virginia's __ Caverns 57. Former New York mayor Abe 58. Chuckleheads 60. Thumb-twiddling 61. Saharan 62. Civil rights activist Parks 63. Make-or-break time 64. Touch-tone 4 65. Turn tail

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