1: Blackthorn shrubs

6: Rendered, as a compliment

10: Trudge, as through sludge

14: About

15: Non-clashing color

16: Small restaurant

17: It may put you in the arms of Morpheus

19: 'Them' insects

20: Inhuman

21: Roundtable sessions

23: Aardvark's tidbit

24: Minutes taker, perhaps

25: Spellbound

28: Tree fluid

31: Toddler's constant question

32: Senate of old Rome

34: Less colorful

36: Start to mature?

39: Cunctation

42: Dance like Hines

43: Root in the stands

44: Single-celled microorganism

45: Faux follower

46: Picked up a lap

48: Crimsons

49: Eyed rakishly

52: Many a time

54: Most needy

57: State bird of Louisiana

61: Long tooth

62: Doubtful

64: ___ fixe

65: 'Far out!'

66: Some dairy sticks

67: Greeting bearer

68: Catches on to

69: Grates upon

1: Sign of healing

2: Pat response

3: Hematite and galena

4: Rapturous

5: Slipper material

6: Banana discard

7: It may be passed on the Hill

8: Colored eye part

9: Bologna boss

10: Barely adequate

11: Knight stick

12: Frequently

13: Artist's plaster

18: Milliner's stock

22: Hindu retreat

25: Proof of pmt.

26: Mystique

27: Stage piece

29: Church recess

30: Head parts

31: 'My Country Versus Me' author ___ Ho Lee

33: Game keeper?

35: Former capital of Italy?

36: State tree of Maine

37: Word in seven Hope titles

38: Budgets make them meet

40: Starts of sneezes

41: Mexican bread

45: Made coffee

47: Corn-growing regions

49: Related to vision

50: Edam's cousin

51: Stock that drops in value

53: Knock down

55: Tell all

56: Family follower?

57: Spot and Fido

58: Signals

59: Capping

60: Promontory

63: Wharf pest