Crossword

ACROSS

1. Like a bug on windshield noise

6. G-man

9. Type of race

13. Late actor Ledger

14. Waikiki necklace

15. Group of lions

16. Knight's shiny garb

17. Ensign, for short

18. One to beat

19. *Graduation proof

21. *"School's Out" singer

23. An indigenous person in Laos

24. 6-shooter

25. Founder of People's Republic of China

28. Porous rock

30. *MFA or BA

35. Comrade in arms

37. Be inclined

39. Had in mind

40. Was a passenger

41. Ventricular beater

43. Same as ayah

44. ____ Trick, rock band

46. Nicholas II, e.g.

47. Initiation ceremony, e.g.

48. "Pollock" actor Ed

50. Foolish one

52. Ever, to a poet

53. "House of Gucci" star

55. Masters Tournament peg

57. *Mortarboard attachment

60. *"No more ____, no more books"

64. Fancy boat

65. Mozart's "L'____ del Cairo"

67. Arm bones

68. Orderly arrangement

69. Granola grain

70. Gustatory sensation

71. Lord Byron's composition

72. Dashboard unit

73. Weasel's aquatic cousin

DOWN

1. Herring's cousin

2. "Frasier" actress Gilpin

3. Bulb holder

4. Coral reef island

5. Neck cavity

6. Pestilence pest

7. Even, to a poet

8. "Saturday Night Fever" music genre

9. Type of coffee maker

10. Gauche or Droite in Paris

11. Month of Purim

12. Styling product

15. For the time being, Latin (2 words)

20. Cave opening

22. Like Hemingway's certain man on sea

24. Type of rummy

25. *One in "Pomp and Circumstance" series

26. Hello to Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

27. Ahead in years

29. *"You have brains in your head, you have ____ in your shoes"

31. Cleats to soccer player

32. China grass

33. Related on mother's side

34. Olden days anesthetic

36. *School ____, which is about 180 days

38. No-win situation

42. Old-hat

45. Wilbur's home

49. *Famous frat house

51. Adjective in sheet music

54. Low light

56. Enthusiastic approval

57. Tropical edible root

58. Land measure

59. A fake

60. Beaten by walkers

61. Research facil.

62. It's better than never?

63. Tiresias in "Oedipus Rex"

64. Small dog's bark

66. *Gown's companion