6. Finesse

10. Con (var.)

13. Rose extract

14. Natural balm

15. Adjutant

16. Advocate

18. Iris holder?

19. Kind of mark

20. DEA agents (var.)

21. Loch of legend

22. Do away with

24. Heir's concern

26. Sprouted anew

29. Go off track

31. Singer DiFranco

32. Malice, in a way

34. Superman portrayer

37. Turkey day mo.

38. Anagram of a poem of tribute

39. Author Levin

41. Statehouse V.I.P.

42. Harvest

44. Throat malady

46. Western native

47. More severe

49. Evening worship

51. Word with belly or toe

53. Having a lot to lose?

55. Mitch Miller's instrument

56. Buzzing

58. Site for a bite

62. Two states (abbr.)

63. Advocate

65. Andean edible tubers

66. Footnote word

67. Welsh canine

68. The wild blue yonder

69. Type of package

70. Jagged, as a leaf's edge

1. Door fastener

2. "Beetle Bailey" dog

3. Auditory

4. Cyber-nuisance

5. Old flood insurance?

6. Spanish finger food

7. Trattoria topping

8. South Seas explorer

9. Less verbose

10. Advocate

11. That is, in Latin

12. Porridge ingredient

15. Mame, for one

17. Not impressed

23. Gate

25. Mexican cover-ups?

26. Tolled

27. Carbon compound

28. Advocate

30. Mideast VIP

33. It smells

35. Yea or nay

36. A very long time!

40. Amplifier feature

43. Admission

45. Horse in harness

48. Calamitous

50. Economic division

51. Blockheads

52. One way to be taken

54. Ecological community

57. Fizzy drink

59. Passe salon do

60. Confused states

61. Niagara Falls feeder

64. Pro