1: Smidge

4: Typographical weight

8: Round of applause

12: Loser to Clinton in '96

13: Burro bellow

14: Patty topper

16: Have the final say

17: Beat thoroughly

18: Mottled mare

19: Wide-open

21: Barely manages, with 'out'

23: Appear

24: Toddler's constant question

25: Bosom buddies

27: Start to mature?

29: Beefeater and Bombay

30: White Stripes, for one

31: McBride of 'Boston Public'

34: Kidnap

37: Ale serving

38: Bricklayer's item

39: Galoot

40: Bleacher creature?

41: All one can stand

42: It may be passed on the Hill

43: African antelopes

45: Garrulous

47: The limit, for some

48: '___ Town'

49: Eerie sound

50: Dot follower

51: Beaks

52: 'Uh uh'

55: Ness, for one

58: Rorschach image

60: ID item

62: Pea pest

64: Listen to

66: Ditties

67: Rich fertilizer

68: Slippery sheet

69: Court order

70: Booty

71: Little gull

72: Red or Yellow

1: Baker's need

2: Put to rest

3: Answering-machine sound

4: Unit of oil production, briefly

5: Bay windows

6: Is in need of

7: Levee

8: Bounce like a kangaroo

9: Spice rack selection

10: Span's inches

11: Shower affection (on)

12: Make a line, maybe

15: Nice handle

20: Multigenerational story

22: Created a web site?

26: Aardvark's tidbit

28: Nonsense

29: Place for a feeling

30: Lower, as lights

31: Informal voucher

32: Romance novelist Victoria

33: Without expending much energy

34: Word of woe

35: Dark suds

36: Obligation

37: Boil fluid

40: Prickly casing

41: Idol worshiper

43: Slimy stuff

44: Apply Novocain to

45: Corn unit

46: Door clasp

49: Space rock

50: Cabinet members?

51: Kind of gas

52: Bête ___

53: Well-lit lobbies

54: Large group

55: Fail to keep up

56: Important work

57: Mouthful of tobacco

59: Hit high in the air

61: Hems partner

63: German shepherd, for one

65: Craving