1: Stretch across

5: Piercing tools

9: Head parts

14: Musical pitch

15: 'Flee, fly!'

16: Plant problem

17: They may be liberal

18: Telephony pioneer

19: Bag contents on the mound

20: They're hot

23: Avg.

24: Has trouble saying sassafras

25: Lunar effect

27: Nod of the head, for one

30: Makes safe for drinking, as water

33: Uploading initials

34: Swindle

37: Bulb in a bed

38: Hit the horn

40: Character assault

42: Summoned

43: Proved to be human

45: Tentacled creature

47: Fancy marble

48: Hires, in a way

50: Stands near those who sit

52: Fruit for flavoring gin

53: Point of view

55: Maw's partner

57: Foundation

62: Beyond beefy

64: Gumbo vegetable

65: Deuce topper

66: Destroys

67: Cutlass Supreme, e.g.

68: Boot binding

69: By no means long-winded

70: GI's diner

71: Wapiti

1: Thrusting blow

2: Breathing space

3: 'Them' insects

4: Get cozy

5: Old building substance

6: Sassy youth

7: Vegges out

8: Pump part

9: Hang in there

10: Time-wasting bother

11: Make a mosaic

12: Give off

13: Storm particles

21: Tell all

22: Map abbr.

26: Paint crudely

27: Following

28: Warehouse

29: Golfer's garb, e.g.

30: Trade agreement

31: Re ocean motion

32: Shoots out

35: Baseball VIPs

36: Metro maker

39: Dark greenish blue

41: Darnel

44: Bishop's domain

46: Bosom buddies

49: Opposite of paleo-

51: Drift down to the bottom

53: Tibia neighbor

54: Geeks

55: Station

56: Up to the task

58: Sufficient space

59: Spoken

60: Part of a violin

61: Spots

63: Methodology (abbr.)