1: Biting midge

5: Abrupt bit of thunder

9: Sailor's greeting

13: Knuckle rapper

15: Miles per hour, e.g.

16: Wise man

17: Fish tank plant life

18: Behaves

19: Hawaiian dance

20: Gives everything away

21: Whips up

23: PC software

25: Least wild

26: Cheap cigar

29: Metal-shaping tool

31: English landscape painter

33: Batik worker

37: Musclebound brute

38: Oval

41: Devon river

42: Gold medal-winning

44: Tried

46: Male deer

49: Ancient Egyptian treasures, e.g.

50: Edit videotape, in a way

53: Devil-may-___

54: 2002 Broadway smash

57: Checks out the stars

61: Motion-carrying votes

62: Black-and-white divers

63: Plant problem

64: Post-Mardi Gras period

65: Cat's eye, sometimes

66: Letter flourish

67: Minus

68: Sawbucks

69: Shower affection (on)

1: Excite, slangily

2: Without value

3: Pond organism

4: Brewers' needs

5: Rough projections

6: Boot binding

7: FYI cousin

8: Spanish monetary unit

9: Embarrassed

10: High in Versailles

11: Looks like a lecher

12: Kitchen riser

14: Breathing space

22: Tease mercilessly

24: Sound of laughter

26: Sign of healing

27: Drink to excess

28: Kind of column

29: Narrow incisions

30: Sobbed

32: Utter loudly

34: Bigfoot's Asian cousin

35: Firm head

36: Crimsons

39: Antitoxins

40: Comes out

43: Lacks proper hydration

45: Said 'Guilty,' e.g.

47: Rm. coolers

48: Meal

50: Intend to

51: Check recipient

52: Property claims

53: Dermatologists' concerns

55: Have the final say

56: Analogous

58: Mostel of 'The Producers'

59: Give off

60: Decision made at home?