1: Lowlife

4: Love handles

8: Expanse near the Capitol

12: Portend

13: ___ tax

14: Of the hipbone

16: Like some excuses

17: Eminem's '8 ___'

18: West Indies dance

19: Things in a shopping basket

21: City relative

23: Fight for breath

24: Seamstress's sticker

25: 'That was close!'

27: Have stuff

29: 'Aquarius' musical

30: Haunting sound

31: Wood-dressing tool

34: You may use it after a break

37: Informer

38: ___ alai

39: Given the ax, with “off”

40: Bounce up and down

41: Sentry's shout

42: Coat of many colors?

43: Really dislike

45: Groups of twenty

47: Veneer layer

48: Internet address letters

49: Surly look

50: Old soap ingredient

51: Bedazzles

52: Byte fraction

55: De ___ (from the beginning)

58: 'Blast!'

60: Self-esteem

62: Just like ewe?

64: Course climax

66: Alpine climber

67: Down-filled comforter

68: Put the kibosh on

69: City map

70: 'The Sabbath' painter Chagall

71: Frosty's composition

72: Slim swimmer

1: Ring-tailed animal

2: Commercial creators

3: Judge

4: 28,800 seconds before midnight

5: Hang around

6: Give permission for

7: Botched up

8: Inch fraction

9: Straighten, as wheels

10: Peru's capital

11: Testing areas

12: Insignificant upturn

15: Beat walker

20: Stretch across

22: Break time

26: Strike

28: Chinese restaurant implement

29: Buried

30: Chest protector

31: Nearly closed

32: Either of the racing Earnhardts

33: Mug imperfections, slangily

34: Sow's sustenance

35: Sandbox plaything

36: Blossom from a bulb

37: Dr. No, to Bond

40: Incidentally, in Netspeak

41: Sensational

43: Major rte.

44: Overwhelmed

45: Madame of the sty

46: November 21st, say, astrologically

49: Latke ingredient

50: Company dodger

51: Like candles

52: Old and New Testament

53: Model of excellence

54: Actual wording

55: Silent sayso

56: Egg, classically

57: '___ Zapata!'

59: Guns in the garage

61: No longer green

63: List abbr.

65: Trim the turf