1 With the letters to the right, start of a phrase that is a baseball term, but also used in real life with a different meaning
7 Hapless fellow
10 Blah feeling
13 Hot check letters
16 Standoffish
17 Quitter's statement
18 ___-cone
19 Thrilling move by a trapeze artist (or in baseball, a fielder's feat that might show up on SportCenter's Top Ten of the day)
21 ___ carrier (mason's assistant)
22 Ring decision, briefly
23 Severe danger
24 "The Prime of Miss Jean ___" (1969 film starring Maggie Smith in her first Oscar role)
26 King with a "touch"
29 Resembling a moray
31 Drum set cymbals
34 Euros, in Spain
35 One way to liven up a drab and rundown intersection? (or in baseball, put the ball on the very edges of the zone)
41 Operated
42 Low-tech sect
43 Informal promissory note
45 Common sight in many a city park (or in baseball, baserunners)
52 Blows off a dinner reservation
54 Old coot
55 Like banjo necks
58 Stamped about angrily
60 Avoid contact with
61 Commercial phrase on some diet foods
63 Important card
65 Obamacare, initially
66 Sales rep's successful spiel (or in baseball, a delivery when the count is full)
70 Retail number, briefly
71 Artery insert
72 Bakery emanation
73 FDR's successor
75 Gave a hoot
76 With the letters to the right, end of the phrase
1 Toots ___'s Restaurant (20th century Manhattan eatery patronized by the rich and famous)
2 Vegan protein option
3 Freezes back up after a thaw
4 Headed to overtime
5 ___ and kin (friends and relatives)
6 Select for the hall of fame
7 Fire, in Folkestone
8 Muse of history (or advertising award)
9 Soft shoe, casually
11 Chapel Hill's state (abbr.)
12 Sam, Remus or Vanya
14 Putting (someone) in an untenable situation
15 Raw material
20 Resort with springs
22 With the letters below, part two of the phrase
24 Russian pancake
25 With the letters below, part three of the phrase
26 ___ tai (cocktail)
27 London-based communications giant
28 "Spring forward" letters
30 Person in charge (abbr.)
32 Hoppy brewpub option, briefly
33 They're often call dollies
36 Prof's helper
37 Medicare option (abbr.)
38 German article
39 Winter hrs. in Tulsa
40 "That's bi-i-ig problem!"
44 Poetic tribute
46 Vehicle that may be purchased on eBay
47 Mention as a reference
48 Chess piece on a horse, briefly
49 Basic heart test (abbr.)
50 "The Raven" creator
51 Out of the ordinary
53 "Back in ___!" (BRB)
56 Tickle pink
57 Senior member of a group
58 Grand Canyon boats
59 Fed. agency concerned with guns
62 In French, it means "melted"
63 Wile E Coyote's vendor
64 Lake or nation of Africa
66 Letter afterthoughts
67 ___-12 (conference for ASU and Stanford)
68 George Gershwin's brother
69 Civil case matter
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