1: Crescent-shaped mountain range

5: Renege, slangily, with 'out'

9: Bumped off

14: Gangster's gal

15: Bowling alley

16: Coppers in Coventry

17: Shoulder board (Var.)

19: Lab glove material

20: Croupier's customer

21: Top-of-the-line

22: Balaam's mount

23: Genie's bestowal

26: FYI cousin

27: Gate

29: 'Shoot'

32: Colophons

35: Meadows

36: Mai ___

37: Adjoined

39: Fruit-eating tropical birds

42: Flesh and blood

43: Mouselike farmland pest

45: Fence pickets

46: List abbr.

47: Friedan's cause

49: Sesame starter?

51: Inscribe with acid

52: Oath

55: Buddha's teachings

57: Element extracted from kelp

59: Choir members

60: School room

63: Projecting part of an animal's head

64: Night birds

65: Drudge

66: Ranch workers

67: Oversupply

68: A whole lot

1: Simple organism

2: Bounds along easily

3: Land maps

4: Slattern

5: Parson, e.g.

6: Wharf pest

7: Aardvark's tidbit

8: Capital of Phoenix?

9: Some ''Soul Train'' line maneuvers

10: Wasn't upright

11: Before birth

12: Keeps cold

13: Barber's call

18: Most contemptible

21: Tubby moniker

24: Once in a while

25: Get going

27: Nonsense

28: Invention protection

30: Rational

31: 'Rock and Roll All Nite' band

32: Baikal is the world's deepest

33: Article that may list survivors

34: Explosive concoction

38: Makes level

40: Aftereffect

41: Video recorder, for short

44: A white one is small

47: Hearty meals

48: Most chilling?

50: Self-satisfied

52: Olive-green bird

53: Patty topper

54: Breaks from a habit

55: Ambassadorial fashion accessory

56: Arm bone

58: Pt. of USDA

60: Minor player, so to speak

61: Hole punch

62: Winter ailment