1: Loud door sound

5: Greek gathering spot

10: Piercing tools

14: Blossom from a bulb

15: Of the Holy See

16: Fen fuel

17: Provides weapons to

18: Proper niche

19: Ever so proper

20: #1 in a list?

22: Monthly payment, for many

23: Tag players

24: Slam dunk point count

26: Mollifies

31: Relishes

35: One's good name, briefly

36: Combat challenges

38: French writer of ''The Balcony''

39: Mischief-makers

41: Uses elbow grease

43: Farm tower

44: 'Two __ for Sister Sara'

46: Peevish states

48: Coat of many colors?

49: Concise summary

51: High rank

53: Choose

54: Groaner

55: Give notice

58: Brought together

65: Overwhelmed

66: Cop show sound effect

67: Conjurer

68: Down-to-earth

69: Covered with creepers

70: Spoken

71: Get a glimpse of

72: Gives a thrill to

73: Went by horseback

1: Hunk of cheese

2: Old Italian money

3: Help for the hapless

4: Occult figure

5: Hunger trigger

6: Vex

7: October birthstone

8: Speedway competition

9: Warnings

10: Okays

11: Used to be

12: Reclined

13: Acct. summary

21: Kind of beetle

25: Tongues do it

26: Dress with care

27: Large-eyed tree climber

28: McIntosh or Granny Smith

29: Qualities of the conceited

30: Historic river of Paris

32: Patty topper

33: Thing of the past

34: Mink wrap

37: Not very likely

40: In the next place

42: Fixed payments, as for students

45: Nurse, as a zombie

47: Tight-fitting

50: Equilibrium

52: Make spoony

55: Hard or soft addition

56: Knocks for a loop

57: Sow's opposite

59: '___ Peace a Chance'

60: Look happy

61: Woodwind requirement

62: Tropical root

63: Quaint oath

64: Proofreader's mark