PUZZLE WITH A PUNCH
ACROSS
1. Forster novel “___ With a View” (1,4) 6. Watch part with hands 10. “Gotcha” (1,3) 14. Singer Joy with the megahit “Riptide” 15. Jai ___ (Basque court game) 16. She played Jennifer on “WKRP in Cincinnati” 17. Sinatra’s “___ Kick Out of You” (1,3,1) 18. Beckon the butler 19. Dominates, slangily 20. “___ boy!” (“Good dog!”) 21. Miami’s state: Abbr. 22. Failed to as yet (3,3) 24. More tacky 26. Swiper’s crime 27. ___ trip (vain journey) 28. It crawls the walls 29. End for Joseph or Paul 30. Sue Grafton’s “___ for Outlaw” 32. Take a words-per-minute test, say 34. Fiercely protesting (2,2,4) 36. “The wearin’ ___ green” (1,3) 38. Garfunkel’s partner 40. GPS map lines: Abbr. 41. Specs style for Buddy Holly (4,4) 43. Apiece 45. “Follow me?” 46. Gravy making cube 47. Pit stop additive 48. Oilers’ city: Abbr. 51. Many Clearasil buyers 53. Resident of LaSalle or Laval 55. Hardly a hard-nose 56. Funeral parlour vessel 57. Nessie’s swimming hole 58. Yours, to Yvette (1,3) 59. Take a sudden turn 61. Just by chance 62. R. & B.’s cousin 63. Olympian’s sword 64. Plied with pinot 65. “Come, Cujo” 66. Nada, to a poet 67. “Raison ___” (1,4)
DOWN
1. Be a member of the Snowbirds, e.g. 2. Made of a mishmash 3. Start of a sequence (3,3,5,4) 4. Group of maids a-milking 5. “Do ___ favour, ...” (2,1) 6. Iconic novelist Mowat 7. “Are you calling me ___?” (reply to a doubter) (1,4) 8. Ask to clean out one’s desk, maybe 9. Sequence following 21Down (5,4,3) 10. Conceder’s comment (1,4) 11. Knocked to the canvas ... and this puzzle’s theme (4,3,3,5) 12. Lickety-split (2,2,4) 13. General idea 21. Sequence following 3-Down (4,3,5) 23. “Two owls and ___, ...” (limerick line) (1,3) 25. Gravestone letters, perhaps 29. TSX debut: Abbr. 31. Deflating sound 33. Japanese cabbage? 34. Speaker’s space fillers 35. Rainbow or eyebrow shape 36. Words of understanding 37. Facing directly, as boxers (3,2,3) 39. Texter’s “Here’s what I think” 42. Rice-A-___ 44. Perp alert to all cops, briefly 47. Simon Fraser University’s city 49. Hit maker? 50. Bad half of a Stevenson tale? (2,4) 52. One of twelve, in Scrabble (1,4) 53. Part of LGBTQ 54. J.R.’s mom on “Dallas” 55. Miss Universe accessory 60. U.S. air care org.: Abbr. 61. Pass on, as an email: Abbr.