Crossword puzzle answers: April 3, 2017

ACROSS

1 Police alert
 4 Dazed, with "out"
 9 Wall climber
 12 1939 Lugosi role
 13 Nitrogen compound
 14 Perfume holder
 16 Feng --
 17 Sheet of plywood
 18 Horrible boss
 19 Sci-fi invader
 21 Nerve cells
 23 Caper
 25 Parched feeling
 26 Film director Vittorio (2 wds.)
 29 Licorice herb
 31 Veld scavenger
 32 Poet's black
 33 Hearty swallow
 37 Zoologists' mouths
 38 Orchestra section
 41 Derisive snort
 42 Rains on
 44 Diminish
 45 Patsy of "I Fall to Pieces"
 47 Stay in touch
 49 Rough-textured
 50 Get back
 53 Prey grabber
 55 Weather front (2 wds.)
 57 Flustered
 61 Mound
 62 Gossip tidbits
 64 Sushi fish
 65 Half a beef
 66 Goose eggs
 67 Break
 68 U.K. lexicon
 69 Grinding material
 70 D.C. lobbyist

DOWN 
1 -- Khan
 2 Serve tea
 3 Dover locale
 4 "Viva --!"
 5 Saudi neighbor
 6 Author Anais --
 7 Idyllic spot
 8 Striking out
 9 Slangy teeth
 10 Vim's companion
 11 Knitting materials
 12 Distinctive doctrine
 15 Just in case
 20 Machu Picchu founders
 22 Cousins of "um"
 24 Kitchen fixture
 26 Red Sea vessel
 27 Rochester's Jane
 28 Box or bucket --
 30 Zilch
 32 Q.E.D. part
 34 Hum
 35 McKellen and Holm
 36 Clarified butter
 39 Not a queen (2 wds.)
 40 Make tracks
 43 Overloaded
 46 Light protector
 48 Estuary
 49 Elegant
 50 Grandstand yells
 51 Nursery song refrain
 52 Do roadwork
 54 Armadillo's protection
 56 Banana stalk
 58 Knowing look
 59 Movie lioness
 60 Aug. clock setting
 63 Sooner than