Crossword puzzle answers: January 12, 2017

ACROSS 1 Tree trunk 5 Porch seat 10 Close-mouthed one 14 Guitarist Clapton 15 Indiana cager 16 Mezzanine 17 Stein fillers 18 Crop up 19 Asia is east of it 20 Whodunit 22 Gull or albatross 24 Feign 25 The Big Apple 26 Washer cycle 30 Politico of old Rome 34 "Holly --" (Neil Diamond tune) 35 When pigs fly 37 Starlet's dream 38 Town near Tulsa 39 Objective 40 Pen point 41 Trig function 43 Open-air lobbies 45 Met celeb 46 Nonstop 48 Less available 50 "--, humbug!" 51 Books pro 52 Homburg cousins 56 Effervesce 60 Declare solemnly 61 Plant parasites 63 -- fide 64 World's longest river 65 Privileged few 66 Black, in verse 67 Downhill racer 68 Round on top 69 Noisy disputes

DOWN 1 Shaft of light 2 Paris hub 3 Fabrications 4 Bliss 5 Athenian's enemy 6 Slow to trust 7 Here, to monsieur 8 Monster-hunter's loch 9 Leafier 10 Amtrak amenity (2 wds.) 11 Loughlin or Petty 12 Petri-dish goo 13 Canasta play 21 Kind of system 23 Novelist -- Rand 26 Just a passing -- 27 "The Thinker" sculptor 28 Spiral-horned antelope 29 "The Mermaid Tavern" poet 30 Truck stop sight 31 Quinine water 32 Dark complexion 33 Steel rod 36 Caesar's man 42 Jostled 43 Mortified 44 Defendant 45 More lackluster 47 Flair for music 49 PD dispatch 52 Stadium fillers 53 Like Mr. Hyde 54 Allot 55 Rocket housing 56 -- noire 57 Gray wolf 58 Plenty, for Tennyson 59 Karate levels 62 Holt of oater fame