1: What some writers work on

5: Metrical units

10: Stag or bull, e.g.

14: Lay macadam

15: Wear with pride

16: Kaput

17: Pipette kin

19: Fender dent

20: Post production?

21: Profoundly dislikes

23: Pivotal

24: Punch quickly

26: Churchill's title

27: With ___ breath (anxiously)

29: Organization limited to 100 members

33: Sit before a lens

36: Dumbo's 'wings'

38: Chef, at times

39: Word heard on December 31

40: Puts the kibosh on

42: Layered haircut

43: Neck wrap

45: Chimney sweep's target

46: Rookie

47: Frustrate

49: Computer connections

51: Metro maker

52: A long way off

53: Inch fraction

56: They can really put on a show

60: Element extracted from kelp

62: Companion of dark and handsome

63: Lively Italian folk dance

66: Strongly advise

67: Fill with joy

68: Barely manages, with 'out'

69: Neck wraps

70: Stitched

71: Legend

1: Tiny dot

2: Check recipient

3: Each's partner

4: Give up

5: Sequesters

6: Killer ___ (excellent computer program)

7: Swab

8: Produced offspring

9: Kind of fracture

10: They've broken with the past

11: Dollar competitor

12: Post-Mardi Gras period

13: Units of work

18: Indian king

22: Even-steven

25: Finishes ahead of

27: Makes wet and dirty, as from rain

28: Hang like basset hound ears

30: Throbbing

31: Duct product

32: Thus

33: Days gone by

34: 'Hey, that hurts!'

35: Deli side

37: Many a 'Mad' article

41: Forced

44: On the house

48: Rich cakes

50: Harness race pace

53: Cloudy

54: Bay

55: Spot checker?

56: Pencil remnant

57: Tropical root

58: Pond organism

59: Cause of a Macy's riot?

61: Judge

64: Brutally frank

65: Had a bite