Crossword

DECEMBER CROSSWORD

Across

1. Kind of player 5. Similarly minded group 9. Pet store lizard 14.Island off Tuscany 15.Scope 16."80's Ladies" country singer 17.Wharton awards 18.Kick 19.Ancestry 20.Harry's excited cry? 23.Grasp 24.Flower recipient, perhaps 25.Idle 27."Far out!" 28.Nut feature 30.Bother 33.Visibly touched 35.Water-carrying plant tissue 38.Completed, in Caen 40.Jazz dance 42.1998 N.L. MVP 43.Effectiveness 45.Pitch-related 47.Decide 48.Rendezvous 50.Specified 52.Family nickname 54.Place for a bell 58."Blue Collar" comedian White 59.Mysterious rural phenomena, and instruction for creating 20-Across, 11Down and 32-Down 62.Shadow 64.Drift 65.Brinker in books 66.Humdinger 67.District 68.Diamond group 69.Numbers with words 70.Leftovers 71.Quartz variety

Down

1.Some holiday help 2.__ room 3.Let up 4.Really learn 5.Hailing successes 6.Came up 7.Alley cry 8.Way 9.Skier's fabric 10.That, in Toledo 11.Elton's broken john? 12.High fliers 13.Commencement 21.Somme state 22.Attention 26.They're caught at the beach 28.Company 29.Song of praise 30.Sailor's direction 31.Forging device 32.Ex's restraining order? 34.Largest of the Near Islands 36.Remarkable sight 37.Pad 39.It may have a bullet next to it 41.Diversions 44.Jazz fans 46.Look that makes one look away 49.Sea dog 51.Disco outgrowth 52.Beetle larvae 53.The "love" in "My only love sprung from my only hate!" 54.Meager 55.Without toppings 56.NFL Hall of Famer Moore 57.Southend-on-Sea's county 60.Ricelike pasta 61.Low-quality 63.Persian, e.g.