I kept wondering what I had wrong, it was IONA instead of IONE (just another day of me mixing up my crosswordese - for some reason the name EDNA at 57D seemed to ring a bell but I was quickly proven wrong). I got the bed pun at 20D and I had ____H_E_S... I almost put in DEATHBEDS. What's wrong with me today?
Cool fact on Ione Skye - she's the daughter of the 60s singer Donovan, which I didn't learn til cluing this puzzle. HIs songs are heavily Buddhist-influenced and I listen to him pretty regularly. Any way, thanks for solving!
1960s President who said "Democracy is a constant tension between truth and half-truth, and, in the arsenal of truth, there is no greater weapon than fact."
16A
One-time Bond portrayer
17A
Odd
18A
Plant bristle (contained in "AW, NOT THIS AGAIN")
19A
Mechanism for controlling margins on a typewriter
21A
Water nymph in Greek mythology
24A
Sat, as a legislature
25A
Bovine mascot
30A
Singer Lauper
31A
In a democracy, exercises one's right to disagree
33A
Denim:jeans::___:genes
35A
Bio or chem, e.g.
36A
Pinball no-no
37A
What "Democracy" literally means
42A
Lots
43A
Bourbon relative
44A
___ Francisco (where the UN Charter was signed in June 1945)
45A
Adjective often meaning "extreme," in political contexts
47A
Fender guitar nickname
51A
Gather wool
52A
DOJ Bureau
54A
_____ heel gait, as in sprinting
55A
Itty
58A
Stanley Cup org.
59A
Holy month for Muslims
63A
Successful 14 Across
66A
"For us democracy is a question of human _____. And human _____ is political freedom." (Olof Palme)
67A
First nation to abolish gender- and race-based requirements for voting and serving in government
68A
Concedes
69A
Cite meaning "these sources support my point as well"
Verticales
1D
How a full court sits
2D
Country rated highest in the most recent Democracy Index (an annual survey by The Economist)
3D
Casual words before or after "It's open"
4D
He/___
5D
___ Arbor, Michigan
6D
Tidy
7D
Common coffee break time
8D
Actress ___ Skye
9D
___ & Ladders (kids' game)
10D
Pair of nines?
11D
Home to the Sun Devils
12D
Long-time Portuguese enclave in India
13D
Make bigger (abbr.)
15D
"If we are to keep our democracy there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not ration ____" (Judge Learned Hand)
20D
They're made for kings or queens, but not presidents or prime ministers
22D
Appendices, e.g.
23D
T. Rex, e.g.
26D
Allow to board
27D
Small cut
28D
"___ be a cold day in hell ..."
29D
41 Down in Spanish
32D
Nurses, as a drink
34D
Hairstyle also called a "natural"
37D
Cheering sounds
38D
Six-sided State
39D
Tales from the past
40D
"The ___ of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy" (Montesquieu)
41D
Sunrise direction
46D
"Full faith and ___" clause (U.S. Const. Art. IV, Sec. 1)
48D
____ cars (Hertz offering)
49D
"Birthplace of democracy"
50D
Home to the AAA Mud Hens
53D
Feudal land grants
56D
Consumes
57D
___ Weisel (Holocaust survivor who wrote "Night")
59D
For most adults, the ___ of vitamin D is 15 mcg
60D
Help
61D
Co. with movie and resort divisions
62D
Singer DiFranco
64D
WSW opposite
65D
Acronym in weight loss supplements (contained in ECLAIR, which, alas, is not a weight loss supplement)