1: Flight school finals

6: Sensational

9: Fellow, slangily

13: Superior in rank

14: Electrify

15: Cop show sound effect

16: Humidor item

17: Marsh

18: 'I Know Why the ___ Bird Sings'

19: Wave maker

21: Deck basecoats

23: Red or Yellow

24: Pricey

25: Butter square

28: Something to build on

30: Ankle-related

35: October birthstone

37: Write-off

39: Large African antelope

40: Cause of a Macy's riot?

41: Kiosk

43: Birdbrain

44: Computer symbols

46: Delight, as a comedy club crowd

47: Chimney sweep's target

48: Dimes, in a way

50: Nincompoop

52: Slam dunk point count

53: Kidders tickle them

55: Lincoln loc.

57: Verse form used by Dante

61: Nickname

65: Like Cheerios

66: Summer coat?

68: 'All the world's a ___' (Shakespeare)

69: Fracture

70: Crude abode

71: Razzle-dazzle

72: Help for the hapless

73: Squeeze (out)

74: Loses one's coat

1: Cul-de-___ (dead end roads)

2: Article that may list survivors

3: Sluggish

4: Ellipsoids

5: Annual October event, with 'the'

6: Dagger handle

7: Have markers out

8: On pins and needles

9: Old-time telephone feature

10: Strongly advise

11: Whitetail buck

12: Budgets make them meet

15: Ancient Egyptian amulet

20: Jib and spanker

22: Feed one's face

24: Makes safe for drinking, as water

25: Suggest for consideration

26: Quickly

27: Eagle's claw

29: Little ones

31: Fishing gear

32: High-hatter

33: Lit up

34: Keno's cousin

36: Post-Mardi Gras period

38: Deli side

42: Telling it like it isn't

45: Lose stature

49: Confession topic

51: Past and present

54: Hit the showers

56: Bungle

57: Buckwheat noodles of Japan

58: Count's counterpart

59: Tobacco pipe part

60: Snapple selections

61: Players may up it

62: Stag or bull, e.g.

63: Quaint oath

64: Takes home

67: Ocean bird