2/24/16 Crossword: "Sop, Just Sop" —time for one letter to go

"Sop, Just Sop" —time for one letter to go.
Matt Jones

Across
1 Not plugged in
4 Artist's tribute
10 Bawl out
15 Water filter brand
16 Bedelia of kiddie lit
17 Ham preparer, perhaps
18 Before, to Keats
19 Instant coffee brand that'll shock you awake?
21 Mark Twain's real last name
23 Fender Stratocaster inventor's zodiac sign, aptly
24 Mineral hardness scale
25 "Un momento, ___ favor"
26 Butcher's cuts
28 Medal of Honor recipient
30 Notwithstanding
35 Lyft alternative
36 Gasoline additive
37 Dir. opposite NNW
40 Big golf competition using devices emitting electromagnetic waves?
43 CBS segment, for short?
44 Military shoulder pad
45 Cosmetics company that sells door-to-door
46 Ties in (with)
47 Actress Catherine ___-Jones
48 Deli hanger
52 "The ___ Is Mightier" ("Celebrity Jeopardy" category on "SNL")
53 Like marked-up textbooks
54 "Epic ___ Battles of History"
57 Onetime mall bookstore name
61 Play-by-play announcer show mixed with a police procedural?
64 "South Park" baby brother
65 "Tap" star Gregory
66 Time out
67 Bygone period
68 Start of a Caesarean trio
69 "Star Trek" captain's order
70 Joined the table

Down
1 Crude oil cartel
2 Fold, as a flag
3 Uncensored media
4 Detractor
5 Country south of Iran
6 Pigsty, so to speak
7 Part of IPA
8 "The ___ From Ipanema"
9 Minimal effort
10 Acad.
11 New York politico Andrew
12 Hunter of Greek myth
13 Cafe con ___ (Spanish drink)
14 Attire
20 Grow fond of
22 "Where to Invade Next" director Michael
27 "___ Lugosi's Dead" (Bauhaus song)
28 Ambient noises from appliances, e.g.
29 Place to do your bidding
30 Loses hope
31 "At Last" singer James and namesakes
32 Give a hoot
33 "The Alchemist" novelist ___ Coelho
34 "Lady ___" (Chris de Burgh hit)
37 Lava lamp's heyday
38 Little brat
39 Fiery Italian landmark
41 Longtime NPR host Diane retiring in 2016
42 "___ tov!"
48 Tokyo rolls
49 Jellied tomato dish
50 "Bleeding Love" singer Lewis
51 Relevant, in legalese
52 Out of style
55 Need a backrub, say
56 Nuisance
57 B, as in bouzouki
58 Knock out
59 Southern stew ingredient
60 "That's super!"
62 Mao ___-Tung
63 2012 AFTRA merger partner

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