Three Scoops
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. "Fast!" on a memo
5. Assign to a role
9. Ivory competitor
14. Debussy's "Clair de __"
15. Folksy Guthrie
16. Tail off
17. Sagan's subj.
18. Barrel of laughs
19. One of two certainties
20. Brown pooch, for short
23. Seven-time homer king Ralph
24. Rock's Fleetwood __
25. Murphy's __
28. Draws close to
32. Classic Ford
34. Firmed up
36. Greek salad cheese
38. Chucklehead
39. Fair-haired one
42. Door pivot
43. Henry or Clare Boothe
44. Caustic stuff
45. Underdogs' wins
47. Temple scroll
49. Badminton barrier
50. Needing refilling
52. Lechers
56. "You Keep Me Hangin' On" band
60. Get dark
63. Catch, slangily
64. It's a long story
65. Make changes to
66. Seagoing predator
67. Airline to Israel
68. Fancy legwear of yore
69. Fifth Avenue store
70. Some cameras: Abbr.

Down

1. Woeful word
2. Bar fare
3. Composer Bruckner
4. Agent's take, typically
5. Yastrzemski of Cooperstown
6. La Scala highlight
7. Coin taker
8. Tribal symbol
9. Underground cemetery
10. Basic rhyme scheme
11. To the __ (fully)
12. Munched on
13. "You bet!"
21. Mine yield
22. Hightail it
25. Croce's "bad, bad" Brown
26. Sans companionship
27. Fairy's fistful
29. B-52's home: Abbr.
30. Virginia dance
31. Walk like a peacock
33. Toys with miniature furniture
34. R.E.M. singer Michael
35. Dadaist Max
37. With the bow, in music
39. Give the cold shoulder to
40. Marshy areas
41. "So's __ old man!"
46. Word in some business names
48. Comics bark
51. Sighters of pink elephants
53. Politico Morris or Stewart
54. Samantha of "Doctor Doolittle"
55. Circus barkers
56. Blow off steam
57. Actress __ Flynn Boyle
58. Salty spot
59. See 1-Down
60. __ Cruces
61. Fuse word
62. Caddy filler

Copyright © Fred Piscop