5. "Ah, me!"

9. Reconnaissance, for short

14. Track figures

15. Long, for short

16. Alcohol that sounds like a girl's name

17. Arch type

18. Mideast VIP

19. In attendance

20. Chit-chat, e.g.

23. Top secret?

24. Bit

25. In a winsome way

27. Learn by heart

32. A head

33. UN workers grp.

34. Fishhook line

36. Tend to

39. Kind of sandwich

41. Lively duple-time dance

43. Alien crafts

44. Bar, at the bar?

46. Allowed

48. "Wheel of Fortune" buy

49. Story-telling dance

51. Menacing

53. Like an Oreo cookie, e.g.

56. French vineyard

57. British defense grp.

58. Chit-chat, e.g.

64. Hungry

66. Achy

67. Kind of prize

68. Chinese zodiac critter

69. Appraiser, of sorts

70. Notions holder

71. Filled

72. Certain House votes

73. Alliance acronym

1. Chucklehead

2. Advantage

3. Yemeni gulf

4. Comfortable with

5. Changing for the better

6. Like some excuses

7. x, y or z

8. Begets

9. Place of privacy

10. Biblical suffix

11. Chit-chat, e.g.

12. Russian saint

13. Mournful poem

21. Crew's control?

22. Blow away, in a way

26. Hosiery shade

27. Some PC operators?

28. Annexes

29. Chit-chat, say

30. Ardor

31. Perry of fashion

35. Centers of activity

37. Choice, e.g.

38. Despot of old

40. Ring event

42. Penny ______

45. Trudged

47. Radial, e.g.

50. DiFranco of song

52. Unexpected

53. Tie up, as a turkey

54. Bet opener?

55. German industrial hub

59. Georgetown athlete

60. Deuce topper

61. Like 24A

62. Beat badly

63. Small combo

65. Make do