6. Animal pouch

9. Thai bills

14. Pond buildup

15. Egg cells

16. Anticipate

17. Bias

18. Man cave, perhaps

19. Square

20. Dense & ungiving

23. Popular Indian side dish

24. Ace, possibly

25. Long, formal letter

27. Lies

32. Biblical preposition

33. 5th note on a musical scale (var.)

34. Brown ermine

36. Outfit

39. Fencer's equipment

41. Kind of nerve

43. Perry Como's "___ Loves Mambo"

44. Place for improvement

46. Church assembly

48. Colorful pond fish

49. Location

51. Clergyman

53. Keep in check

56. Ram's dam

57. "Go on ..."

58. Pressure to purchase

64. Gem

66. "The Joy Luck Club" author

67. Forearm bones

68. Absurd

69. Anger

70. Bread spreads

71. Eye sores

72. Crisp & clean

73. Neighbor of Del.

1. Green stuff

2. Spanish jug

3. Biology lab supply

4. Openness

5. Lockjaw

6. Fizzy drink

7. Affirm

8. Birchbark, e.g.

9. ATM offering

10. Astound

11. Difficult to accept

12. Kind of wave

13. Class

21. Altercation

22. PC "brain"

26. Increase, with "up"

27. Candidate for 44A

28. Anagram of open

29. Not the easy route

30. Brewer's need

31. Debaucher

35. Food sticker?

37. Part of a Grimm beginning

38. Treated

40. Make, as money

42. Nightclub charge

45. Bugs in a garage, maybe!

47. Bead of morning moisture

50. BBQ residue

52. Flea market deal

53. Muslim pilgrims

54. About

55. Arrive, as darkness

59. Aesop's also-ran

60. Again

61. "I Dream of Jeannie" star

62. Simba, for one

63. A Simpson kid

65. Chemical suffix