WORLD SERIES

ACROSS

1. End of WW2 conference location

6. No longer is

9. Cake with rum

13. *____ Asinoff, author of "Eight Men Out"

14. Invoice qty.

15. Fox crime drama, 2005-2017

16. *Baseball player's representative

17. Pastrami's partner

18. With irregular edge

19. *Last year's World Series winners

21. *Brave contender

23. Certain tray content

24. Fail to mention

25. Nocturnal flyer

28. Team homophone

30. *Last year's MVP Corey ____

35. Iranian monarch

37. Proactiv target

39. "Superman" star

40. Head of family

41. Button-up or button-down

43. Singles

44. Graduates

46. Symphony member

47. *Number in a baseball lineup

48. Say again

50. Brezhnev's country

52. PST plus three

53. Mouth off

55. Brewed beverage

57. *Fall ____

61. *Two-time World Series MVP winner in 1970s

65. Two under on one hole in golf

66. Brewed alcoholic beverage

68. Grind down

69. #72 Across, in the olden days

70. *2003 World Series winner or Marvel leader, Stan

71. Plural of #62 Down

72. Eject

73. ____ excellence

74. Noise of contempt

DOWN

1. 1984, e.g.

2. Pond plant

3. Right to a property

4. Polynesian kingdom

5. Affirm to be true

6. TV's "Storage ____"

7. Comedian Schumer

8. Iron setting

9. Bora ____

10. Any day now, formerly

11. Superlative of better

12. Not in port

15. Loud singer

20. Actress ____ Perlman, pl.

22. ____ the season!

24. Double-decker

25. Wilde of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" fame

26. Blue or gray swimmer

27. Drink like a cat (2 words)

29. Reply from a tunnel

31. Eon, alt. sp.

32. Robin Williams in "Aladdin"

33. 0 and 2, e.g.

34. Set to zero

36. *Touch to score

38. Son of Aphrodite

42. T in Ferrari TR

45. Uses #53 Across

49. ____ Chi

51. Break for Congress

54. Dandruff manufacturer

56. Ohio city

57. ____pit

58. Nordic native

59. Malaria symptom

60. A whole bunch

61. Crowd's derision

62. Performer's time to shine

63. Aroma

64. Egg holder

67. Grazing field