1: Shiite leader

5: 'Caught you!'

8: Get out of bed

13: Christmas trio

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

15: Gold dealer's unit

16: Cunctation

19: Word before sheet or session

20: Hammered obliquely

21: Status ___

22: Muddled

26: Happy cat's sound

27: Opposite of paleo-

28: Nutmeg covering

29: Minus

30: Rigging supporter

34: French film

36: Kind of inspection

37: They climb up trees down under

41: Leak slowly

43: One's image

44: Sigma Nu, for short

47: Home of heroes?

49: Pig's digs

50: Shoddy clothing

51: Influence beforehand

55: Historical period

56: Comedienne Imogene

57: ___ culpa

58: Subject of some business agreements

64: Fearful request by the IRS, to some

65: 'Far out!'

66: Fruit for flavoring gin

67: New South Wales, for one

68: Cycle starter

69: Pond organism

1: Troublemaker

2: Spoil

3: In the past

4: Smaller than small

5: Starts of sneezes

6: He may swing from the heels

7: Negatively charged

8: Word in seven Hope titles

9: Away from the office

10: Singular

11: Searches thoroughly

12: Some choir members

14: Sleeveless outer garment

17: Sound of a fan

18: Meshed up?

22: Wild about

23: Lighted sign contents

24: Police

25: Wharf pest

26: Nolo contendere and others

31: Fine sprays

32: Had a bite

33: Pea jacket?

35: Easter preceder?

38: Give the slip to

39: 'Them' insects

40: Simon ___

42: One part in a hundred

43: Humdinger

44: Rhubarb

45: Highly seasoned stew

46: Ax to grind, so to speak

48: Good shot, in horseshoes

52: Fail to include

53: Red or Yellow

54: Dance with a dip?

56: Write up

59: Like a fiddle?

60: Mai ___

61: Hardly hale

62: Dress fancily, with 'out'

63: Senate vote