1: Balaam's mount

4: 'I'm Sorry' singer Brenda

7: Show resentment

13: Kitten's cry

14: Sworn statement

16: CORE piece

17: Historical period

18: Bologna boss

19: Squirreled-away snack

20: Debonair

22: No-show

24: Words with precedent

25: Beat

27: Urban grid

29: Drops

34: Speed meas.

36: Parsley or sage

37: Kidney-related

38: Cover story

40: Surgery sites, briefly

42: Mink wrap

43: Later showing

44: Roof rim

46: 'Treasure Island' pirate

47: Foamy pick-me-up

48: Fine fabric

50: Visibly distressed

52: Circle sections

55: Provide critical commentary for

59: It's marked with a slash

60: Gun or grenade

61: Miles per hour, e.g.

64: Prickly casing

65: Stretch out

66: Stretch across

67: Welcoming gift on Maui

68: Source of ancient depictions of kings and gods

69: Furry friend

70: Yuletide worker

1: Accumulate

2: Smooth transition

3: Garment that can make you perspire

4: Prospector's bonanza

5: Vichy water

6: List abbr.

7: Heavy metal

8: They have purses on them

9: Computer signpost

10: Political gossip, at times

11: Bowling alley

12: Apart from this

15: Insincere ladies' men

21: Dyer's tub

23: ___-relief

25: Player's peg

26: Long lunch?

28: Imitation diamond

30: Came across

31: Unsuitable for surgery

32: Story by Chaucer

33: Did in, old-style

34: Crumbly clay mixture

35: “Not guilty,” e.g.

39: Otherwise

41: Stuff to the gills

45: French wine

48: Take one's cuts

49: Dance like Hines

51: Ranch workers

53: Heartless

54: Letter flourish

55: Knocks for a loop

56: Barber's call

57: Back of the neck

58: October birthstone

59: On cloud nine

62: Killer ___ (excellent computer program)

63: Menlo Park monogram