5. Battery terminal

10. Bothers

14. Halo, e.g.

15. Regional

16. Brain area

17. Hang with it

19. Comprehend

20. Respectful

21. Reproductive cells

23. Bead material

26. There's no end to it?

27. Off-color

30. Bit of work, e.g.

32. Part of a pantheon

35. Snap, Crackle & Pop, e.g.

36. Mall units

38. Neckline style

39. Gun, as an engine

40. Hang with it

41. Dinner duo?

42. Half & half

43. Consecrate

44. Cogitate

45. Obnoxious date

47. Plague, in a way

48. Ninnies

49. Creep

51. Swedish inventor of note

53. Small bag

56. Warm welcomes?

60. Eastern pooh-bah

61. Hang with it

64. Part of a camera

65. Ill-suited

66. Cold capital?

67. Behind time

68. Grunts, so to speak

69. Sacred Hindu writings

1. Door fastener

2. Mercury, for one

3. Russian river

4. Let have it, e.g.

5. Ancient Mexican

6. Negative conjunction

7. Yoko from Tokyo

8. "Tarnation!"

9. "Enigma Variations" composer

10. Unsaturated hydrocarbon

11. Hang with it

12. One of the winds, e.g.

13. Puts in stitches

18. Governor's reprieve

22. Center

24. Covered the same ground again

25. Shoreline problem

27. Razor sharpener

28. Public venue

29. Hang with it

31. Yank in Yucatan

33. Perfect, e.g.

34. Affirmatives

36. Part of a yen

37. Guinness book suffix

40. Dry out & shrivel up

44. Undrinkable cocktail

46. Protect, in a way

48. Place for a hero?

50. In a lather

52. Thailand capital?

53. Attack, with "into"

54. City south of New Delhi

55. Like Texas' star

57. Cheat, slangily

58. "___ Lang Syne"

59. Ancient colonnade

62. Amateur video subject, maybe

63. Bathtub liquid?