Across

1. Area behind the choir, perhaps

5. “Hey, you!”

9. Blunt

14. Some hoopsters

15. Stud fee

16. Rajah’s consort

17. TURNOVER

20. Matriarch of all matriarchs

21. Interest of armchair athletes

22. Structural components of cells

23. Unruffled

25. Moonstones

27. Takes into a count?

29. Mensa figures

30. Mel’s Diner waitress

33. Thing with a wheeled heel

36. Peace Nobelist Desmond

38. Operatic song

39. TURNOVER

42. Some make light of it

43. Beat fast, as a heart

44. Blow one’s top

45. Bijou

46. Canyon edge

47. Martial arts school

49. First name in flags

51. Low-tech recording device

55. Birthplace of St. Francis

58. Corp. bigwig

60. Ground breaker

61. TURNOVER

64. Warble

65. It may be spliced

66. Whence to admire?

67. Loon’s lack

68. Watchdog’s sound

69. Clutter

Down

1. Peruvian peaks

2. Pet that angers

3. Direct

4. Paranormal letters

5. Analyzed sentences

6. Cut with scissors

7. Kind of pad

8. Koppel of “Nightline”

9. Baskets for holding dried fruit

10. Abrasive files

11. Opposed one

12. Overly bookish type, stereotypically

13. Esc, alt, etc.

18. Dent site

19. Memorial tablet

24. Downed

26. Matched

28. Prepares crabs, in a way

30. “Haus” wife

31. Speech difficulty

32. Drying kiln

33. Produce strains

34. “With a banjo on my ___”

35. Molecule component

37. Scanned bar

38. Blacksmith wear

40. Backseat driver, e.g.

41. Dishearten

46. Used car deal

48. First game of a doubleheader

49. Five and ten, e.g.

50. Neighbor of Saudi Arabia

52. Irritate

53. Greek letters

54. Lascivious looks

55. Sciences’ partner

56. Dried up

57. Political slant

59. TV’s warrior princess

62. Type of roll

63. Saint Louis athlete