1: LP measure

4: Defibrillator output

9: ___ diem

14: Vichy water

15: Corbeled-out window

16: La Scala offering

17: '___ Town Too' (1981 hit for James Taylor and J.D. Souther)

18: Idol worshipper?

20: Help for the hapless

22: Betray contempt

23: Place (a bet)

24: Swings around

26: Parcel inquiry

28: Construction workers

31: Web-footed mammal

34: Mystique

35: Peak stat

37: Long time

38: Wild with emotion

41: Type of ticket

43: Go over

44: Man in a lodge

45: Skunk's funk

46: High-spirited

48: Most miniscule

52: Dark circle

55: Rumormonger

56: Cycle starter

57: Distorts

60: Dressmaker's tuck

61: Deceitful tricks

64: Siamese or Persian

65: Small amount

66: Race with batons

67: Garbage bag closer

68: Chips in a chip

69: Dozen for a recovery group

70: Avg.

1: Hardly original idea

2: Spanish dish

3: Soft sound

4: Pinch

5: Hematite and galena

6: Property encumbrance

7: Principles

8: More shrewd

9: Pigeon patter

10: Java program, perhaps

11: Quick witty reply

12: Mouse, to an owl

13: Van Gogh's love offering

19: Two-piece piece

21: Chrysler product

25: Sleep

27: Soft to the touch

29: Nutmeg covering

30: Zigzag movement, at sea

32: Goof up

33: Piano man Charles

35: Burn soother

36: Prospector's bonanza

38: Uploading initials

39: 'Sweet Pea' singer Tommy

40: Seeming

42: True companion

47: Charming title?

48: Dartboard, for example

49: Passes, as a law

50: Sea route

51: Made some lace

53: Have stuff

54: Hibernation locales

56: Word after paper or before skinned

58: Far from ruddy

59: Go postal

61: Resort hotel

62: Starts of sneezes

63: Methodology (abbr.)