5. Snail-mail org.

9. According to

14. Brio

15. Corker

16. Bob's companion

17. Mine passage

18. Alpine transport

19. Church recesses

20. Attempt to escape

23. "Give it ___!"

24. Propel, in a way

25. Close at hand

28. Operatic hero, usually

30. Flower fanciers

33. Brewed beverage

34. Anagram of "sit"

36. Took nourishment

37. Bypass

38. Be strict & demanding

42. Type of mail or Chinese boat

43. Mis-do

44. Make tracks in the snow

45. Naval rank, for short

46. Marsh growth

48. Style of Greek column

52. Computer whiz

55. Shad spawn

57. Greek "H"

58. Tire

62. Grave marker

64. It's on the house

65. Doing nothing

66. Hawkeye

67. Drop, editorially

68. History Muse

69. Chasers, of a kind

70. Cold War initials

71. Parts of mins.

1. Mossy ocean growth

2. Seniority?

3. Japanese radish

4. Relative of pre

5. Excessive

6. Commuter's home, usually

7. Agenda

8. Play with the remote

9. Cognizant

10. Brown shade

11. Italian deli meat

12. First mate?

13. Notes between dos & mis

21. Blood carrier

22. Beginnings

26. Radar image

27. However

29. Comment on the farm

31. High tidal wave

32. Biblical verb ending

35. A sound investment?

37. Buckeye state

38. Ancient alphabetic character

39. Removes a bottle cap

40. Anger

41. Irving Berlin's "Blue ___"

42. Boeing 747, e.g.

47. Slobbers

49. Bug

50. Emphatic, in a way

51. Brief performances

53. Luau entertainment

54. Absurd

56. Bid

59. Language of Pakistan

60. Low digits

61. Nervous twitches

62. Bit of a draft

63. Homonym of two