Thumbs Down! by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Pro-__ (some tourneys) 4. Maritime Provinces nation 10. Word before boomer or blues 14. "Yay team!" 15. The Marx Brothers' "__ Crackers" 16. "Understood!" 17. Fourth of July blaster 19. Vasco da __ 20. Sentry's imperative 21. "Give __ break!" 23. Neighbor of Ukr. 24. Firstborn 27. Frat blowout 29. Brazilian vacation spot 30. Maneuver carefully 32. Rival of Graf and Hingis 33. __ Quentin 34. Perfume holder 35. Run in the wash 36. Hardly a swan dive 38. Some jackets and collars 40. Home to many Kurds 41. Attorneys' org. 44. "Blondie" or "Beetle Bailey" 45. Da __, Vietnam 46. Gene Kelly's "__ Girls" 47. Zesty weenie 50. Conspiratorial groups 52. Criticize sharply 53. Pince-__ glasses 54. Gobi's continent 55. Bartlett's abbr. 57. One way to quit 62. Game in which it's illegal to play left-handed 63. Prepares to be dubbed 64. NYC's Park or Lexington, e.g. 65. Rode the banister 66. Spirited session? 67. Beatty or Rorem

Down 1. Quiver carriers 2. Gospel's Jackson 3. "The Stars Shine Down" author Sidney 4. Side or street follower 5. "__ luck?" 6. Penpoint 7. "__, amas, I love..." 8. Jean-Claude Van __ 9. "The Zoo Story" playwright Edward 10. Humongous 11. Ordinarily 12. Dazed and confused 13. Fermentation fungi 18. Interstate: Abbr. 22. "__, vita brevis" 25. Tough spare for a lefty bowler 26. Comets' trailers 27. Representing falsely 28. Pager signal 31. Erie Canal mule 35. Mel who was Bugs's voice 36. Be hopping mad 37. Lobster __ Diavolo 38. Grain alcohol 39. City in "Marines' Hymn" 41. Skagway resident 42. Have an opinion 43. Examined, as ore 44. Deep-sixes 48. Knocks to the canvas 49. Layer with a "hole" 51. Hershey unit 56. Silent approval 58. Grassy area 59. Iniquity site 60. Compassionate handling, initially 61. __ NO HOOKS

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