Skirting the Issue by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Navy diver 5. Barber chair attachment 10. Cleveland five, for short 14. Therefore, to Descartes 15. Pamphleteer of 1776 16. Sandusky's lake 17. MINNIE 20. "__ it or lose it" 21. Animal that bugles 22. __ Locks (Great Lakes passage) 23. "Two spades," e.g. 24. "Stormy" bird 26. Negotiations result, often 28. Man of Oman 30. __ carotene 31. Stand lookout for, perhaps 34. French Riviera city 36. Statuette that's over 90% tin 40. MIDDIE 43. Letter after eta 44. Stand-up's arsenal 45. Anthropologist Margaret 46. Tippy-top 48. Kett of old funnies 50. __ tank (disposal system) 53. Burger huckster __ McDonald 57. Actress Meyers 58. Silly Putty holder 60. Sportscaster McCarver 61. Any of 13 popes 62. MAXIE 66. Actress McClurg 67. Past one's prime 68. Actress Heche 69. Need a bath badly 70. Habits 71. Unwanted flora

Down 1. Clinch, as a victory 2. Clear from the board 3. Shoelace tip 4. Kit and caboodle 5. Hammer's creator 6. To-do list item 7. __ Tin Tin 8. Vending machine inserts 9. Mescaline source 10. Corp.'s top dog 11. Caribbean getaway 12. Drop in on 13. Down-at-the-heel 18. Rural road sign picture 19. Jazzman "Jelly Roll" __ 25. Machine gun noise 27. Box camera inventor 29. Pig out 30. Hosiery hue 31. Hill builder 32. Cry to Cratchit 33. Eden evictee 35. Johnny Reb's initials 37. Cedar Rapids campus 38. Attorneys' org. 39. Roulette play 41. More frilly 42. Stripper's closetful 47. Hanna-Barbera horse Quick Draw __ 49. Mausoleum 50. Cavalryman's sidearm 51. Chip away at 52. Playful sprite 54. Unescorted 55. Sierra __ 56. Like some ballparks 59. Words in many disco names 60. Camper's shelter 63. Cartoon squeal 64. Fall from grace 65. Word with blue or lemon

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