Orbital Debris, NASA
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Puzzle by Karen M. Tracey, edited by Will Shortz
Across: 1. Starting off this crossword is SPACEJUNK clued as Debris around the world?; 10. Runs through is STABS; 15. Immunologist’s concern, TOLERANCE; 16. Shape on a potter’s wheel is the verb THROW; 17. Getting there, one is ONONESWAY; 18. KRONA is 100 öre; 19. Heavily monitored areas: Abbr. is the oft-seen crossword staple ICUS, a need for a six-letter entry would result in ICARUS; 20. Great Plains dweller, more and more non-humans are referred to as dwellers in crosswords, this time it is a PRAIRIE DOG; 22. Medical emblems, the plural of caduceus - an insignia used by the medical profession modeled after the staff of Hermes - CADUCEI; 24. Court couple? is NETS?; 25. Breeds is SORTS, not SIRES; 27. Aegis bearer is ATHENA, carrier of the mythological protective shield of Zeus; 
31. VALEOFTEARS, Sorrows experienced in life; 35. SOP is Bread, at times; 36. AVIS is Flier at the Forum; 37. Hip-hop’s Roc-a-FELLA Records; 38. Game dealt by Doc Holliday, FARO; 39. Detector of les odeurs, NEZ; 40. DONALD TRUMP said “Everything in life is luck" and is probably not the first or only one to do so; 42. ERASER is given the clue of Clearing aid, likely a play on hearing aid; 44. More foreignese with HOMME, Grown-up garçon; 45. VEDA -- Hindu scripture; 47. Saw the light results in being WISEDUP; 51. SLEEPERCAR is Option for a long train trip; 55. Blight, BANE; 56. They're taken in for treatment, PILLS; 57. The long-gone ALBALONGA is Romulus and Remus's legendary birthplace; 59. AMATI is the Family name in 16th- and 17th- century music; 60. BULLDOZER is most certainly a Leveler; 61. Timepiece that's often knocked off has many possibilities, here it is a ROLEX; and 62. Reacts to a strong sock -- well, SEESSTARS!
31. VALEOFTEARS, Sorrows experienced in life; 35. SOP is Bread, at times; 36. AVIS is Flier at the Forum; 37. Hip-hop’s Roc-a-FELLA Records; 38. Game dealt by Doc Holliday, FARO; 39. Detector of les odeurs, NEZ; 40. DONALD TRUMP said “Everything in life is luck" and is probably not the first or only one to do so; 42. ERASER is given the clue of Clearing aid, likely a play on hearing aid; 44. More foreignese with HOMME, Grown-up garçon; 45. VEDA -- Hindu scripture; 47. Saw the light results in being WISEDUP; 51. SLEEPERCAR is Option for a long train trip; 55. Blight, BANE; 56. They're taken in for treatment, PILLS; 57. The long-gone ALBALONGA is Romulus and Remus's legendary birthplace; 59. AMATI is the Family name in 16th- and 17th- century music; 60. BULLDOZER is most certainly a Leveler; 61. Timepiece that's often knocked off has many possibilities, here it is a ROLEX; and 62. Reacts to a strong sock -- well, SEESSTARS! 
Down: 1. A man after my own heart, a STOIC, Bullet-biting type, starts this group off right; 2. PONCA was Standing Bear's tribe; 3. Being Not tacit is ALOUD; 4. CENSUSES are Big counting jobs; 5. Found it odd that ERE is clued as Fore, why? I don't know; 6. The jumble of letters JASPERFFORDE is "The Eyre Affair novelist, 2001; 7. Tacit results in being UNWRITTEN; 8. Omnipresent NCAA, the Hall of Champions org.; 9. Record, as data, KEYIN; 10. Basseterre locale is STKITTS; 11. THRESH which crosses THROW is clued as What combines do; 12. AROD is the Youngest player to join the 500-homer club; 13. BONO is the word for Good for Caesar?, something other than ETTU; 14. Party giveaways, in slang is SWAG, seems I missed out; 21. REARADMIRALS is the desired answer for They're over captains; 23. Today's Sweet-talk? clue results in COO; 26. SELAH is a Psalms interjection; 
28. ESAU is clued as Venison preparer in the Bible, most certainly adhering to the strict law concerning the draining of blood from an animal before eating it; 29. NORM is Rule; 30. APOP is Singly; 31. Here a VANE turns on a turbine; 32. AVER is to Confirm; 33. LIZA is Dudley's "Arthur co-star; 34. The short clue of O.K. becomes the long entry of ALLOWABLE; 38. FREEBOOT, from the Dutch vrijbuiter, is Maraud; 40. Can is the colloquial DEEPSIX; 41. TMS (trademarks) are Corp. identifiers; 43. Not at all chubby results in being SVELTE; 46. ARABS are some People in burnooses; 48. Ken Spacey's co-star in the 1999 revival of "The Iceman Cometh" wants Tony DANZA for an answer -- incidentally, I paid $100 for a ticket and forgot to go!; 49. Felix UNGER is the Noted TV neatnik; 50. Bottom-heavy edibles are PEARS; 51. This crossword clues SPAR as an Airplane wing supporter; 52. Brass wheels? (note that question mark) is a LIMO; 53. Any crossword solver knows from various clues to take ELAL, but is given a choice today -- Alternative to Arkia or Israir; 54. CLUE is clued as an Investigation aid; and finally, 58. Denom. established in 1830 is LDS, not to be confused with its similarly over-used cousin of LSD.
28. ESAU is clued as Venison preparer in the Bible, most certainly adhering to the strict law concerning the draining of blood from an animal before eating it; 29. NORM is Rule; 30. APOP is Singly; 31. Here a VANE turns on a turbine; 32. AVER is to Confirm; 33. LIZA is Dudley's "Arthur co-star; 34. The short clue of O.K. becomes the long entry of ALLOWABLE; 38. FREEBOOT, from the Dutch vrijbuiter, is Maraud; 40. Can is the colloquial DEEPSIX; 41. TMS (trademarks) are Corp. identifiers; 43. Not at all chubby results in being SVELTE; 46. ARABS are some People in burnooses; 48. Ken Spacey's co-star in the 1999 revival of "The Iceman Cometh" wants Tony DANZA for an answer -- incidentally, I paid $100 for a ticket and forgot to go!; 49. Felix UNGER is the Noted TV neatnik; 50. Bottom-heavy edibles are PEARS; 51. This crossword clues SPAR as an Airplane wing supporter; 52. Brass wheels? (note that question mark) is a LIMO; 53. Any crossword solver knows from various clues to take ELAL, but is given a choice today -- Alternative to Arkia or Israir; 54. CLUE is clued as an Investigation aid; and finally, 58. Denom. established in 1830 is LDS, not to be confused with its similarly over-used cousin of LSD.
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The Iceman Cometh alludes to Matthew 25: 5-6 "While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh" (Michael Manheim. The Cambridge Companion to Eugene O'Neill. Cambridge, 1998, 84) and an old joke: A salesman comes home early; finding no ice for the drink he wants, he yells upstairs to his wife, "Honey, has the iceman come yet?" She replies, "Not yet, but he's puffing pretty hard."
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