Across 1. Wanes 5. Casablanca role 9. Japanese writing system 14. Italian carmaker 15. Cop a plea (with “up”) 16. Par ___ 17. Gaelic 18. New Year’s Eve in Old Town 20. Type of hat 22. “___ Mouth, and I Must Scream” 23. Possession 24. Cathedral part 26. Sugg. nutritional qty. 27. Old Town’s waterfront 31. Compass pt. 32. Phenylalanine (abbr.) 33. Alliance since 1949 36. Famous Old Town pub, 1796-1808 41. Blackthorn fruit 42. Approx. 1.3 USD 43. USMC bane in Iraq 45. Annual Old Town parade 50. ___ Tse-Tung 53. Kiln 54. Palmer to his fans 55. Pointed tooth 58. Straighten 59. Alexandria has a federal one 62. Lots 64. Calm, as fear 65. Pre-Soviet ruler (alt.) 66. Beyond giga 67. Paris river 68. Missile housing 69. Draft boards (abbr.)

Down 1. Turkish guerrilla leader 2. Chirping 3. Common action at 2B 4. Updated hi-fi 5. Doubtful 6. Island garland 7. Old letters for Estonia or Latvia 8. Birthplace of St. Francis 9. Alternative to 9 Across 10. Tel ___ 11. Landlocked African nation 12. ___ Rockefeller 13. “I saw a man turn ___ street” (stupid joke) 19. Churchill gesture 21. Airpt. near Butte, MT 23. Mimic 24. First word of 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus title 25. Default configurations 28. PD announcement 29. SASE, e.g. 30. Norma ___ (Sally Field, 1979) 34. Relationship stressors 35. Steven Wright’s forte 37. Windows predecessor (abbr.) 38. NYSE watchdog 39. Gag gift for procrastinators, a nonexistent round object 40. Cue followers 44. Fraternity for five U.S. presidents 46. Extended sound of pleasure 47. Fortune-telling cards 48. 2001 villain 49. Carpal tunnel locations 50. Silicate minerals that separate into thin leaves 51. Type of lizard 52. Circular windows 56. Ahmadinejad’s land 57. Eye problem 58. Old plane starter? 60. Submachine gun 61. Actor Mineo 63. Existed