1: Spartan and ruthless

6: Dance part?

9: Common tater

13: Soft palate part

14: Quoits target

15: Trumpet

16: Exemplary

17: Very cold

18: Sudden thrust

19: Add sugar to

21: Word in an Austin Powers film title

23: Soup veggie

24: Shiite leader

25: Massage

28: Spot of brandy

30: Plumb-line measures

35: Capping

37: ChapStick target

39: Cop show sound effect

40: Member of the Brownies

41: Smack down

43: Grandmother, affectionately

44: Viva voce

46: Blue funk

47: Make a putt

48: Had a premonition

50: Larva

52: Place (a bet)

53: Jambalaya grain

55: Smidge

57: More wacky

61: Deadens

65: Had a virus, say

66: Hole punch

68: Court TV feature

69: Old witch

70: Contend

71: Combat site

72: Possessing peepers

73: Wrap up

74: Long green

1: Is at a loss for words?

2: Declare openly

3: Obnoxious

4: Enjoy a bed

5: Obeyed the sentry

6: 'Leading With My ___' (Leno book)

7: Ad ___ committee

8: Bottomless pit

9: Counterfeit coin

10: Stab of pain

11: Strongly advise

12: Property title

15: Finds fault with

20: Viscounts' superiors

22: 'I've ___ it up to here!'

24: Have an effect

25: Some Hindu music pieces

26: Handy

27: Element #5

29: Goals

31: Mat wins

32: Be in second place

33: Reddish orange dye

34: Winding

36: Favorable factor

38: Recipe direction

42: Piano practice piece

45: Put down

49: Fade away

51: Small chicken

54: Desire desperately

56: Pack animal

57: Carp cousin

58: Well-ventilated

59: Slippery sheet

60: ___ off (repel)

61: Ran in the wash

62: Comportment

63: Problem source

64: Delight, as a comedy club crowd

67: Get five in a row, in bingo