Up the Scale
by Fred Piscop

Across

1. Summer getaways
6. Per __ (daily)
10. "That's a laugh!"
13. Depth charge target
14. Brazilian dance
15. Ear: Prefix
16. Ben Franklin alias, of sorts
18. Former Pan Am rival
19. Basin or wave preceder
20. Silver-tongued one
22. Lap dog, for short
25. Prefix with flop or plop
26. Cyberspace folks
27. Draw forth
29. Equal opportunity
33. Baseless rumor
35. Starbucks offering
36. Louver feature
37. Intense hatred
39. Conn. neighbor
43. "Bullitt" director Peter
45. Radio button
47. Smarts
51. Parting word
52. Heath's "Brokeback Mountain" role
53. Perry Mason's profession
55. Wall St. figure
56. Further amend
58. "To begin with …"
60. Cambridge sch.
61. The equator is one
66. Commotion
67. Like Vikings
68. Slangy send-off
69. Tandoori-baked bread
70. Bit of baseball card info
71. Comical bandleader Kay

Down

1. Java holder
2. Blood-typing letters
3. Cattle call?
4. Go splitsville
5. "Unfair" sign toter
6. Willy Wonka's creator
7. The Monkees' "__ Believer"
8. River of Aragon
9. Stampede
10. Chinese restaurant freebie
11. Toiling away
12. Like a crow's call
14. Neck warmer
17. Suffix with chlor- or sulf-
21. Guilt-ridden
22. Chest muscles, briefly
23. Locket shape
24. Poet Van Duyn
28. Singing insect
30. Out of kilter
31. Letters of debt
32. Sgt. Preston's org.
34. __ on (be overfond of)
38. Bear's abode
40. Where most of Turkey is
41. Crystal ball user
42. Rain check, e.g.
44. Hands out
46. It’s reeled from a cocoon
47. Liechtenstein's language
48. Iroquoian people
49. About 907 kilograms
50. Chosen ones
54. Rainbow shape
57. Race pace
58. Observe Yom Kippur
59. Highchair feature
62. Noteworthy time
63. Euro divs.
64. General in gray
65. Muff an easy one

Copyright © Fred Piscop