ACROSS 1 "Early Show" anchor who wrote a sports guide for parents called "Go Girl!" 6 Tic-___-toe 9 "Sexy" girl in a Beatles song 14 Hearing-related 15 Pub brew 16 Pop/rock star who reportedly attempts the New York Times crossword every day 17 Holder of "The Ultimate Coffeehouse Crossword Challenge" in February and March of 2006 19 Puccini opera 20 Target for Tiger Woods 21 Occasion to clink glasses 23 Thom ___ shoes 24 MGM motto starter 25 Ad-___ (improvise) 26 Off one's rocker 28 Subduing spray 29 Honest prez 30 "Tuning in the U.S.A." broadcaster: Abbr. 33 Make drinkable, as seawater 35 Baseballer Belle who yelled profanities at 1-Across in the Indians' dugout 37 "Woe is me!" 39 Will Shortz, editor of the New York Times crossword, has a degree in this 41 Pennsylvania city where 33-Down began his television career 42 State in which 72-Across began her television career 45 Disc ___ (job once held by both 1- Across and 63-Across) 48 33-Down's will be 40 on Oct. 18, 2006 49 Gold, in Guadalajara 51 Huck Finn's craft 52 Summoned in an airport 54 700, to Caesar 55 Donkey 58 Dinghy thingies 60 Go with the flow 62 Word before "boy!" or "girl!" 63 "Early Show" anchor who hosts the annual "Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular"

65 "Early Show" anchor who also hosted "Big Brother" 67 Material for bicycle shorts 68 "... man ___ mouse?" 69 Push rudely 70 Bread spreads 71 Howl like a wolf 72 "Early Show" anchor who was born on Scott Air Force Base DOWN 1 Figure skater Cohen 2 Instruct privately 3 Paperless exams 4 Like endangered species 5 1-Across covered this for years on NBC, including three World Series: Abbr. 6 Fast-food chain whose human resources department 33-Down used to work for 7 ___-Seltzer 8 Big name in private planes 9 Jet grounded in 2003: Abbr. 10 Molecule's makeup 11 ___ Times (channel that is airing ads for "The Ultimate Coffeehouse Crossword Chellenge") 12 Ancient Peruvian 13 "A Summer Place" co-star Richard 18 City in central New York 22 Instrument that 63-Across plays 25 ___ Vegas 27 ___ Aviv 28 Arizona's third largest city 31 "Either he goes ___ go!" 32 Downed a submarine 33 "Early Show" weatherman who's a dead ringer for the "Simpsons" character Milhouse 34 ___ Mahal 36 Borscht veggie 37 Santa ___ winds 38 Tripod part 40 Patrick Creadon documentary featuring Will Shortz and other prominent puzzlers 43 While growing up, 72-Across had one named Michael 44 Length times width 46 Prickly plants 47 Col. Sanders's chain 50 "Goldfinger" villain 53 Houston baseballer 55 Playwright Fugard 56 Jobs of Apple 57 More rational 58 Norwegian capital 59 ___ nitrate (fuel additive) 61 Special glow 62 In need of a massage 64 Possesses 66 Suffix with heir