DAILY THEME ACROSS 1 "Penny Dreadful" channel, for short
4 _____ Longstocking, girl of children's literature
9 Poet Robert who spoke at J.F.K.'s inauguration
14 Highly Cla**ified
16 Life four-leaf clovers, supposedly
17 Somehow
19 Nut popular in ice cream
20 Apparatus pulled by oxen
21 Have a mortgage, e.g.
22 Intestinal fortitude, informally
25 "Ah, now it's clear"
27 Play about Capote
30 Walkie-talkie
35 Something that may be hidden behind a framed picture
37 Mixes
38 Ancient Peruvian
39 Stairs
42 Eye part with the iris
43 Odor
45 Table tennis
47 Rare occurrence on "Jeopardy!"
50 Prop for a golf ball
51 Sheet on a mast
52 Co-ops, maybe: Abbr.
54 Abbr. before an alias
57 Pizazz
59 Nut-bearing tree
63 Completely ... with a summation of 17-, 30- and 47- Across
67 Larsson who wrote "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"
68 Sign of a beaver's activity, maybe
69 Exams
70 "Alas ..."
71 Dove's sound DOWN 1 "Halt!"
2 Sharpen, as sk**s
3 Grp. that includes Iraq and Qatar
4 Alternative to bubble wrap
5 Slippery, as winter roads
6 One who gives tips (and gets tips?) at a country club
7 Arrested suspect, informally
8 Roma's country
9 Daisies and dahlias
10 Sign of a well-worn trail
11 Eight: Sp.
12 Polling bias
13 Lebanese city that was once the center of Phoenician civilization
15 Lavish party favors
18 Inquisitive
23 "____ the night before Christmas ..."
24 Cushiony
26 Readily accept
27 1960s dance craze
28 Cowboy's workplace
29 Stomach woe
31 Given to crying
32 Golfer's gouge
33 "Goodnight" girl of song
34 Missouri river or tribe
36 10 things in an Olympic swimming pool
40 Falafel bread
41 Scissor cut
44 Lipton products
46 "Hop to it!"
48 Thin but strong
49 Most-wanted groups for parties
53 Transmitted
54 Aide: Abbr.
55 Toy on a string
56 W.W. II foe
58 Other: Sp.
60 Common Core dept.
61 Duck-hunting attire, informally
62 Syringe, for short
64 Freshly painted
65 British ref. work
66 French seasoning