Across 1. Off the ___ (unrehearsed) 5. Blue Ribbon brewery 10. Cape Canaveral org. 14. Earthen jar 15. Take ___ (poll the crowd) 16. Whacks 17. Dis 18. Kidney-related 19. Star ___ 20. Absorb (an expense) 21. Obnoxious or egotistical ones 23. Embrasures 25. Skater Babilonia 26. 1996 GOP nominee 27. Large dishes 32. Leaped, as electricity 34. Some exams 35. Puzzler’s sound of success 36. New ___ (FDR initiative) 37. Woke up 38. Swiss chocolate brand 39. It may be permanent 40. Take by force 41. Gyros holders 42. Head-to-head 44. Fly high 45. Cuckoo 46. Something in a small dish 49. Not the second banana 54. Rooks and knights 55. Some poems 56. Like neon 57. Decides (to) 58. Joy

59. Hue 60. Lima locale 61. Word after soft or hard 62. “Them” 63. Eye malady Down 1. Sine recip. 2. Type of nerve 3. Bundt, for one 4. Word with “four” circa 1964 5. ___ violator 6. Asserts 7. Beethoven’s birthplace 8. Wild guess 9. Revealing 10. Inane one 11. 43,560 ft² 12. Medium, allegedly 13. Seeks 21. Believed 22. Cereal grain 24. Yuletide 27. Words not in poetry form 28. Ultimate 29. Low-tech hearing aid 30. Actress Perlman 31. Claims 32. Tunnel, not a shaft 33. Clinton’s attorney general 34. Snack item 37. Fakery 38. Decree 40. Custom 41. Coveted Indy position 43. Commencement item 44. Like some looks 46. PC game, often 47. Show persistence 48. Follow 49. Steams up 50. Not busy 51. Film holder 52. Party to 53. Opposite of stet, sometimes 57. Special ___