5. Defeat decisively

10. Alternative to steps

14. African wader

15. Elegant wall hanging

16. Fertilizer compound

17. Axes

18. Connected, in a way

20. Play boy?

22. Anguish

23. Go after

24. 26A is one

26. Like 24A

28. Pastoral poems (var.)

30. Kind of recording

35. Legal prefix

38. Abbr. after a name

39. Perfect

40. Over & over again

41. Utopian

43. Almanac tidbit

44. Mended, e.g.

46. "Give it ___!"

47. Really gets to

48. Gob

49. Actionable words

51. Certain digital watch face, for short

53. Yawn inducers

57. Validation

61. Andean edible tuber

63. Like Cheerios

64. Connected

67. Food sticker?

68. ___-friendly

69. Block

70. Otherwise

71. Desert sight or site

72. Amount of hair

73. Costly

1. Type of battery

2. Counters

3. It's spotted in westerns

4. Connected

5. Animal pouch

6. Created rows for seeds

7. Black & white dunker

8. Tops out

9. Pressure meas.

10. Buzzi of "Laugh-In"

11. Diva's ditty

12. Restroom designation

13. Beep

19. Brouhaha

21. Primary color

25. Shot putter?

27. Hoop holder?

29. Appropriate

31. Connected

32. Teller of tall tales

33. Way back when

34. Catches on

35. Links numbers

36. Sara or Robert E.

37. Santa ___, Calif.

42. Disturbs

45. Rex Stout sleuth

50. Anagram of "doe"

52. Widow's due

54. Handy

55. Bright circle?

56. Contemptuous look

57. Pudding fruit

58. Greet the dawn

59. Till stuffers

60. Creole vegetable

62. Commend

65. Banned bug bane

66. Store posting, e.g.