1: Greek gathering spot

6: Sensational

9: Festive affair

13: Cut back

14: Electrify

15: From the nearest star

16: Correct copy

17: Cygnet's mother

18: It meant little to de Gaulle

19: Makes safe for drinking, as water

21: Annual foursome

23: Grassland

24: Type of admiral

25: Lurid

28: Fries, often

30: Meal

35: Knocks for a loop

37: Write-off

39: More wise

40: Exceptional

41: Puts away

43: Bombay garment

44: Jackknife and others

46: Masher's comeuppance, maybe

47: Indication

48: Boat backs

50: Qualities of the conceited

52: Wedding page word

53: Galley propellers

55: Word before sheet or session

57: Repentant miser

61: Seeds for buns

65: Score unit

66: Furry friend

68: 'All the world's a ___' (Shakespeare)

69: Chips in a chip

70: Old soap ingredient

71: Razzle-dazzle

72: Golf ball pegs

73: 'Sure thing'

74: Loses one's coat

1: Mocked by imitating

2: Hunter's quarry

3: Hematite and galena

4: Kidney-related

5: Discombobulates

6: Chance occurrences

7: Have markers out

8: On pins and needles

9: 'Here ___ nothing!'

10: Flute or saxophone variety

11: Reclined

12: They may be liberal

15: Kegler's conversions

20: Top hat accompaniment

22: Van Gogh's love offering

24: Extends shoe life, in a way

25: Hospital sections

26: Be in store for

27: 'You've got some ___!'

29: Braille markings

31: Quarterback's call

32: 'Play It ___, Sam'

33: Twill weave

34: Threefold

36: Person of vision

38: Booty

42: Germ cell

45: They think they're superior

49: Droop

51: Talks back to

54: Answer

56: Planted area

57: Tiff

58: Traffic lane marker

59: Ceremonial practice

60: Kind of column

61: Blended-family prefix

62: Stag or bull, e.g.

63: Quaint oath

64: Tennis match divisions

67: Spot