Crossword #1

I like crossword puzzles. A few years ago I decided to try my hand at making them. I've made a few and submitted them to a couple newspapers for publication (NY Times & LA Times), but so far no luck getting them published. Since no one wants them, I'm going to start putting them up on this blog, so that any of my many readers can complete them at their leisure. Good luck!

Crossword #1

Across:
1. Org. that awards 39-across
6. How a CD-ROM works
10. Water from the sky
14. _____ Doone shortbread cookie
15. Burkina Faso’s neighbor
16. Within
17. Craggy
18. A thumbs-up might save his life
20. Adam’s foe?
22. Book after Joel
23. Noisy notes
31. ___ it ain’t so
32. Those that study capacitors
33. Indian outfit
34. Wonder
35. Nest-egg?
36. Post-marathon condition
39. Won by 17, 18, 23, 51, 59, 64, 71-across
42. Caverns
44. Summer in Paris
45. A lift in a set
48. A soft, white mineral
49. Sony on the NYSE
50. Heston’s org.
51. At the beach
57. An avatar of Vishnu
58. Johannesburg carrier?
59. 1977 Woody Allen film
64. 1996 Dave Matthews Band album
68. When the sun is at its apex
69. Norwegian capitol
70. Spooky
71. 1958 Lerner-Loewe musical
72. Mountain between Olympus and Pelion
73. Snares

Down:
1. Atty’s research tool
2. Heard in a pasture
3. The Middle Kingdom, formally and for short
4. His “Puppy Love” 1960 ballad
5. If you ____ ____
6. “No Way!” In a txt
7. Greens
8. “Remember the _____”
9. To dispose of something, with “get”
10. Acct’s research tool
11. Social insect
12. OJ judge
13. Neither’s partner
19. A doctrine or belief
21. A Spanish port
23. Metal detectors?
24. Hem’s partner
25. A screw with a loop
26. Low tides
27. Druggie
28. WWII battle in Italy
29. Anger
30. Marlboro for short?
35. Suffix with “chem” and “special”
36. Locale
37. Bank dwellers
38. Street in Marseilles
40. Engrave
41. “We’re number ___” in Rome
42. “Little ____” Beach Boys song
43. Hurried away
46. Sea eagle
47. A kicker’s point
49. Found in a bathroom
52. Before
53. Yippee!
54. Collect
55. Aspect
56. More precious
59. Director Lee
60. “Yes you did!” Response: “__ _ didn’t!”
61. Holiday drink
62. Turns “pan” into a sandwich
63. A sabbatical, for short
65. Legendary Notre Dame coach, to his friends
66. A small taste
67. ___ and shes