Across
1. Cygnus' brightest
6. Once in a lifetime experience, for many
10. Calendar abbr.
13. Where Jacques learns
14. He turned down a Supreme Court seat offer from Bill
15. Canine-fixer's org.
16. He did Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and Jack Kemp
18. ___-picker
19. For for Francisco
20. Congressman with a Ph.D. in economics
21. Unwilling
23. Having as a hobby
24. Easily riled
25. Andrew Sullivan subject, often
28. Brno is its largest city
31. Respond aggressively
34. Timbuktu is there
35. Monopoly buys: abbr.
38. Word often following "Dear"
39. Goes postal
41. ___ Appia
42. TV freebie, for short
43. Get out the whip
44. They had a 260-day year
46. Caucasian capital
49. Dubya's are blue
50. Order from above
52. MC rival
55. "Through all the compass of the notes ___"--Dryden
56. Actor famed for his left-wing activism
58. Brother
61. Systems start
62. He's done Joe Biden, Sam Donaldson, and Michael Deaver
65. Ten Commandments word
66. The 18th-best university in the country, according to "U.S. News & World Report"
67. War ___
68. Pink Floyd founder Barrett
69. Many of Clarence Thomas' teachers
70. Annual bite
Down
1. "Donnie Brasco" star
2. ___ chamber
3. Roulette bet
4. Edifice offshoot
5. "The Quare Fellow" playwright
6. Intense emotion
7. Major group?
8. A day in the Dominican Republic
9. He's done Michael Dukakis, Paul Sarbanes, and Caspar Weinberger
10. He's done George Bush, Strom Thurmond, and Dan Quayle
11. Mrs. Teddy Roosevelt or Mrs. Woodrow Wilson
12. Funnies woman
14. 1983 Michael Keaton comedy
17. California Democratic Party Chairman Torres
22. Quebecker's vote on secession, maybe
23. Web linker, for short
24. She played Al's sister in "The Godfather"
25. Now!
26. ___ of Court
27. He's done Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, and Bob Dole
29. Literally, "great O"
30. ___ in Republican
32. He's done Pat Robertson, Paul Simon, and Paul Tsongas
33. Words on a house for rent
36. Bush inner circle member
37. Get fresh
40. Part of U.S.S.R.
45. S.E. Hinton classic
47. Infamous Basques
48. ___ state
50. Sheds extra baggage
51. Ultra-violent cartoon character on "The Simpsons"
53. What none of the senators from Washington, California, and Maine are
54. Throw up
56. River near Stonehenge
57. Churchill and Chamberlain
58. Show one's pecs
59. Interviewing Charlie
60. Noted tunnelers
63. It lays dark-green eggs
64. "Just as I suspected!"