Percussion Section by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Carson's predecessor 5. Pacific tuber 9. Gene Tierney or Glenn Close 14. Cugat ex Lane 15. First family's garden 16. The first Mrs. Trump 17. Dancers in a single file 19. Boston airport 20. Makes level 21. Sugar-free 23. Judge anew 25. Liqueur flavoring source 30. Common soaps situation 33. Mushy fare 36. San __ (Riviera resort) 37. Cheech of Cheech & Chong 38. Richard of "A Summer Place" 40. Politico Thurmond 43. Royal pain 44. Violinist Mischa 46. Chowder morsel 48. Informal shirt 49. Restaurant table item 53. Many-time presidential hopeful Harold 54. Black Sea port 58. Honeybunch 61. Pertaining to base 8 62. Treat like dirt 66. Plot in a statistical graph 68. Clear moisture from 69. Con __ (vigorously) 70. Stadium level 71. "Sing __ with Mitch" 72. Kennel sounds 73. Mouth off to Down 1. Indiana hoopster 2. Beyond's partner

3. One of the Yokums 4. Pertaining to a sovereign 5. Business card abbr. 6. Score after deuce 7. Attorney general before Ashcroft 8. Like a small garage 9. Penn of Pennsylvania 10. Lacto-__-vegetarian 11. 'Zine 12. Santa __ winds 13. A Bobbsey 18. John Jacob of fur fame 22. Singer DiFranco 24. Times to call, in ads 26. Ginger cookie 27. Long-plumed wader 28. Beethoven dedicatee 29. Al __ (pasta order) 31. CPR expert 32. It's relayed to the Olympics 33. Chicks' calls 34. Shoelace tip 35. South American prairie 39. Gets forty winks 41. Schnozz extension? 42. Powerful shark 45. Savings for retirement, perhaps 47. Bordeaux wine 50. Vintage car 51. With one's nose in the air 52. Makes even shorter 55. Narrow groove 56. Socks away 57. Chisox and Bosox 59. Hatcher or Garr 60. Lose traction 62. Tooth care org. 63. __ Paese cheese 64. Spooky sighting 65. Trinity member 67. __ Gatos, Calif. Copyright © Fred Piscop