THEME: HALLOWEEN

ACROSS

1. Bobby Fischer’s game

6. Reggae precursor

9. Octagonal sign

13. Haile Selassie’s disciple

14. Goose egg

15. Water-filled gorge

16. Blue eyes, e.g.

17. Jean of Dadaism

18. Pariah, for medical reasons

19. *Pumpkin’s Halloween precursor

21. *Famous magician who died on Halloween

23. *____ mortuaire, or body bag in Paris

24. Nordstrom’s outlet

25. “____ Now or Never”

28. Good or bad and felt by others, sing.

30. Haiku, e.g.

35. Equal to distance divided by time

37. Post-it slip

39. Quickly fry

40. Type of mountain goat

41. *Graveyard denizen

43. Heart of the matter

44. Tender spots

46. Bailing twine, e.g.

47. Icelandic epic

48. Boss

50. Greek muse’s strings

52. Up and down nod

53. “Beware the ____ of March”

55. One of seven, in eponymous 1995 film

57. *Dead one

61. *Jordan Peele’s scary 2017 film

64. Dodge

65. Freud’s concern

67. Pertaining to hours

69. *Funereal feeling

70. Swindle

71. Boredom

72. Adult elvers

73. Human digit

74. *What vampire does in a coffin

DOWN

1. TV tube in days of yore

2. Wagner or Powers in a TV classic

3. Isaac’s firstborn

4. Mixes up

5. Geo-spacial positioning system, for short

6. Ginger cookie

7. CrËme de cassis plus wine

8. Top dog

9. Musher’s ride

10. Language of Tupi people

11. *Black cat, possibly

12. ____wig or ____winkle

15. Oopsie daisy moments

20. Best part of cake?

22. *Halloween month

24. Alters to be more useful

25. Type of coffee with alcohol

26. Forbidden

27. Howard of radio fame

29. Physicist Niels ____

31. Preakness, e.g.

32. Like cottage cheese

33. Piano student’s exercise

34. *Leatherface’s state

36. Biz bigwig

38. ESPN award

42. To the point

45. *Scary story-related sensation

49. Lyric poem

51. Choice word

54. Upright

56. Nary a soul

57. Give up

58. Skin soothing gel

59. Boring

60. Fusses

61. Departed

62. *RIP pots

63. Like a bow string

66. Gunk

68. Fleur-de-____