6. Garden bloom, informally

10. Gathering for a particular purpose

14. Where "Aida" premiered

15. Fizzy drink

16. "I'm ___ you!"

17. Low cost

19. Condo, e.g.

20. Itty-bitty

21. "A Christmas Carol" Scottish actor Alastair

22. Be a monarch

23. "A rat!"

25. Types of pasta, familiarly

27. Releasing

32. Formerly

33. Jacob's biblical brother

34. Warm, so to speak

36. Inebriate

40. Medical advice, often

41. Bedevil

43. Blue shade

44. Certain sorority letter

46. Child's building block

47. Arduous journey

48. Ram fan

50. September birthstone

52. Endless

56. 5th note of a musical scale (var.)

57. Atoll protector

58. "Baloney!"

60. Wall painting

65. Infamous Roman musician

66. Ancestor

68. Ado

69. Consumer

70. An expression of contempt

71. Not us

72. Bad look

73. Overhangs

1. "Beat it!"

2. ___ noir

3. Abounding

4. Fe

5. Choice bit

6. Fed. construction overseer

7. Arcing shots

8. Go off script

9. Evil supernatural being

10. 14th

11. Boredom

12. Attendance counter

13. Carries

18. Coloring

24. Show respect, in a way

26. Fly catcher

27. Benefit

28. Fishing, perhaps

29. Coarse file

30. Do better than

31. Bill of Microsoft

35. Indian melodies

37. Indian wrap

38. Above

39. Kid

42. Add to & refresh

45. Barley bristle

49. A bit of juicy gossip

51. "Wheel of Fortune" category

52. Artist Max

53. Choppers, so to speak

54. Spooky

55. Baggy

59. Part of a forest makeup

61. Lab burner

62. Gangster's blade

63. Formally surrender

64. Assayers' stuff

67. Make a mistake