Crossword

ACROSS

1. Ground grain

6. *Black sheep answer: "Yes ____, three bags full."

9. Estimator's phrase (2 words)

13. Washer cycle

14. Australian bird

15. Plants and animals

16. Chipped in

17. Dashboard acronym

18. Not over

19. *Rhymes with Porgie

21. *Container in nursery rhyme and Ella Fitzgerald's song

23. Ray shooter

24. Gloomy

25. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

28. The Wise Men

30. Type of mold

35. Civil Rights icon

37. Front of ship

39. Marilyn's real name

40. Distinctive elegance

41. Meal in a shell, pl.

43. Plant anchor

44. Strong and sharp

46. *"Three Little Kittens" cry

47. Shower with affection

48. Bungle (2 words)

50. Snow ride

52. P in mpg

53. Debilitating spray

55. *"How I wonder what you ____"

57. *Bed on the tree top

60. *____ John, or FrËre Jacques

64. Formerly known as Pleasant Island

65. Commotion or fuss

67. One of journalism's Ws

68. Vinyl collectible

69. *"Tom, Tom, the Piper's ____"

70. Israel's neighbor

71. Big Bang's original matter

72. Deviled one

73. One deserving of respect?

DOWN

1. Hand grenade

2. Pick-up expression

3. On top of

4. Website visitors

5. Wrigley's Big ____ ____

6. Bone-dry

7. Elf on the Shelf, e.g.

8. Cuban dance

9. *Old MacDonald's farm sound

10. Traveled on

11. Proofreader's mark

12. Sail alternative

15. Boot that reaches halfway or more to knee

20. Unsuitable

22. Pitcher's pride

24. Bishop's jurisdiction

25. *Life is but this

26. Marcello Mastroianni's "La ____ Vita"

27. Some Romanovs

29. SI unit of mass

31. *"Here goes my ____ a trot, a trot..."

32. Sag

33. Portray emotion

34. *Jack and Jill's quest

36. Black tropical cuckoos

38. *Sheep's bagfull

42. Curse

45. Lollipop brand

49. Bud or chum

51. Snooze

54. ____ and desist

56. C2H5

57. Pay a visit

58. Bumpkin

59. Famous boxing promoter Bob

60. Smoker's water pipe

61. Group of cows

62. Great Lake

63. Back seat, e.g.

64. Negative vote

66. *Mother Hubbard's pet