‘quick-witted’

ACROSS

1 “Humbug!” lead-in

4 Two queens, say

8 Savory taste

13 Longtime shock jock Don

15 “Not to mention...”

16 1960s protest

17 Start of a quip

19 Sweater style with a letter-shaped cut

20 Methuselah’s old man

21 Tone up

23 In a way

25 Italian dish that takes a long time to cook

29 Part two of the quip

32 Flowering vine with a rich scent

36 Ile de la Cite’s river

37 A chip, maybe

38 Kenyan tribesman

41 With 11-Down, night for amateur comics

42 Opposite of urban

44 Software manuals are written for them

46 Part three of the quip 49 More tranquil

50 Sycophant

55 Hardships

58 Heavy safari animal, informally

59 Who can be found in the Waldorf Astoria?

62 End of the quip

64 Roswell crash victim, supposedly

65 Egyptian goddess whose name consists of the same verb twice

66 Garfield dog

67 Secluded valleys

68 Formally surrender

69 Do some sums

DOWN

1 Vampires’ marks

2 Acid in proteins

3 Sense of ___ (date’s asset)

4 Amigo

5 Sacha Baron Cohen title character

6 Amazing Grace ending

7 Talking points?

8 Permits to enter America

9 Popular cookies in a refreshing variety 10 Absorbed, as a cost

11 See 41-Across

12 Cartridge contents

14 The Amish, e.g.

18 Violin opening

22 Flipper

24 Al dente

26 Balderdash

27 Cartridge contents

28 Olympic legend Jesse

30 Sedona automaker

31 Artist’s stand

32 City voting districts

33 Accustom

34 Valuable violin, for short

35 Place to sip a hot drink alfresco

39 Singer DiFranco

40 Bad day for Caesar

43 Skin soothers

45 Seize illegally

47 Like the “-” end of a battery: Abbr.

48 Romp

51 Jimmy ___ shoes

52 In a way, casually

53 Loosened, as a knot 54 Did a model’s job

56 Angry reaction

57 Kind of mark left by a tire

59 Tail motion

60 The whole shebang

61 Deception

63 Bismarck-to-Minneapolis dir.