1: ___-relief

4: Palinromic ship deck

8: Carp

13: Away from the office

14: Yokel

15: Lace-up girdle

16: ''Messiah,'' for one

18: Removes, as a record

19: Class with a number of problems

20: Reporters' needs

22: Spade and Queen, e.g.

26: Dressmaker's tuck

27: Bentley features

29: Reduces in intensity

33: 1988 Connery film (with 'The')

36: ''I am not a ___'' (Nixon quote)

37: Free

38: François's diacritic

41: Printer spec.

42: In reserve

44: It counts

46: Dole (out)

47: Truancy

49: 'Don't stop'

51: Brings back on board

55: Ticker tape at a parade, e.g.

59: Lady's man

60: Rough and husky

61: Solvent also called ethyl carbamate

65: Freed, in a way

66: Youngster

67: Stanley, for one

68: Lab jobs

69: Appear

70: 'To each ___ own'

1: They may be sonic

2: Ear-related

3: New South Wales, for one

4: Old hand

5: '___ Town'

6: 'Shogun' sash

7: Drudge

8: Kitchen utensil

9: Connective gizmo

10: Plastic name

11: Chilled, in a way

12: Minus

15: Obsolete VCRs

17: Ruffians

21: Pindar product

23: Brief instant

24: Seek cover, maybe

25: Didn't come home standing up

28: Some are tender

30: Portend

31: Strikes

32: Goes downhill fast?

33: British baby buggy

34: Get ready to shine?

35: Browser function

36: Hidden drawback

39: Dirty look

40: Bowling alley

43: Bad mark in school

45: Corral sound

47: Equipped with M-16's

48: Apiary occupant

50: Desert refuges

52: Arrive at

53: Weariness

54: Dozen for a recovery group

55: Bolted

56: Musical pitch

57: Snitches

58: Road grooves

62: 'The Catcher in the ___'

63: Squeeze (out)

64: President pro ___