4. Asparagus unit

9. Dumps, e.g.

14. Outback denizen

15. Action site

16. Door part

17. Grafton's "___ for Corpse"

18. "Strive on!"

20. Eastern VIP

22. Headline

23. Bigwig

27. Certain colony member

28. Instinct source

31. Caught

33. Sign of spring, e.g.

35. Bleat

37. Bridges & others

39. Star bursts

40. It's "real" in Germany

42. At attention

44. Andean land

45. Biting

47. Assassinated

49. Mischief maker

50. Drawer, of a sort

52. Unbending

54. Snookered

55. Not hither

57. Opera heroine, usually

60. Hints

62. Romanov ruler

63. "Move it along!"

70. Butter holder

71. Arm, of a sort

72. Isuzu model

73. Is for more than one

74. Trim, in a way

75. Beginning

76. Harbinger of spring

1. Go over

2. Compadre

3. "Keep it up!"

4. Blue

5. Ace

6. Dusk, to Donne

7. Aardvark fare

8. Bob Marley fan

9. Give a snip or two

10. End

11. Rustic retreat

12. Kind of trip

13. Clinch, with "up"

19. Bite

21. "Bingo!"

24. Chest protector

25. Sara in the supermarket

26. Gets wind of

28. "Go, buddy, go!"

29. Deprive of heat?

30. Entanglement

32. Some showdowns

34. Finish, with "up"

35. Kind of ball

36. African capital

38. Beats it

41. Take to court

43. Novice (var.)

46. Protest tactic

48. Small drink

51. It may be proper

53. Old PC connection

56. The "N" of U.N.C.F.

58. Smallest island nation

59. Spherical

61. Procrastinator's word

63. Josh

64. Chemical suffix

65. One with a pole position?

66. Pot pie ingredient

67. Names, e.g.

68. Bridal bio word

69. Caught