I’LL BE A MONKEY’S UNCLE

ACROSS

1 Admit guilt, with “up” 5 Steal ___ (smooch on the sly): 2 wds. 10 Spots to stop for the night 14 Texter’s “as I see it” 15 Lean-eating Jack of verse 16 Water under the drawbridge 17 Largest allotment: 2 wds. 19 Minor land mass? 20 Canadian director Atom 21 “... a ___ ‘clock scholar” 23 Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England 24 Event where arguments and swearing are heard 25 Just terrific, with “the”: 2 wds. 27 Able to see, hear, feel, etc. 29 Riyadh resident 30 Coercion one may be “under” 34 Its relative maj. key is F 35 Mixed up mess: 2 wds. 39 Have a long face 40 Not as taxing 41 The end of ___: 2 wds. 43 Fluffing hair using a comb 48 They’re very scarce, in a saying: 2 wds. 52 As ___ as a judge 53 Nabokov heroine 54 Peas for a peashooter, say 55 Doddering 56 School unit 58 Kids’ game with string: 2 wds. 60 Talking doll’s word, perhaps 61 “... had a farm, ____” 62 What a horse rider has in hand 63 “And another thing ...” 64 Part of Freddy Krueger’s address 65 Hook’s sidekick

DOWN

1 “Mignon” beef cuts 2 Successful refugee claimant 3 Clear and certain winner 4 Girls’ names meaning “wisdom” 5 Part of CAA : Abbr. 6 Speed meas. 7 Hopping mad 8 Delhi wrap: Var. 9 Old British guns 10 “___ little teapot ...” 11 Teeny tiny insects 12 Got 100% on the test: 2 wds. 13 Doesn’t go out: 2 wds. 18 Leafy side dishes 22 Green-lights 25 Quippy Yogi 26 Zippo 28 British subway, casually 31 Doubly wide shoe sizes 32 Says, Biblically 33 ___-Ball (arcade game) 35 Fait accompli, informally: 2 wds. 36 Welcoming gesture: 2 wds. 37 Berlin natives: Abbr. 38 Longest river in B.C. 39 Gandhi’s title, meaning “sage” 42 One-time link 44 Underwater sound detectors 45 Oft-abbreviated footnote 46 Canadian feminist McClung 47 Sixties slopes sensation Nancy 49 Guest introducer, often 50 Paperless post 51 Pole where an eagle might sit 55 Get off ___ free 57 ___ Tse-tung 59 Female sib