6. Candle holder, of sorts

10. Stretches (with "out")

14. Circa

15. Exiled Roman poet

16. Blue hue

17. Wavelike design

18. Bundle

19. Beginning auction offer

20. Over the hill

23. Pressure meas.

25. Grandma, to some

26. Abundance

27. Came to earth

30. Four quarters, e.g.

32. Mideast potentate

33. Go-___

35. Fungal spore sacs

39. Over the hill

42. Anagram of "seat"

43. Bottom of the barrel

44. Recipe direction, perhaps

45. British brew

46. Bailey of the comics

47. For each

51. Greek cross

53. Palindromic peewee

54. Over the hill

59. Gaga over

60. Another anagram of "seat"

61. Kites & coots, e.g.

64. Winter air?

65. Fix, in a way

66. Freeze

67. Kind of talk, that is

68. Gene Simmons' band

69. Pops

1. Herd of whales

2. Blood-typing system

3. Cacophony

4. Expert

5. Increase, with "up"

6. Dried coconut meat

7. Like 61A

8. Hot spot

9. One-time British PM

10. Razzle-dazzle

11. Former capital of Japan

12. Fast finisher?

13. Sarcastic

21. Objective

22. Put to work

23. 747, e.g.

24. Pago Pago's place

28. Cabinet div.

29. Miscalculate

30. Tolkien creatures

31. High degree

33. Child support?

34. This puzzle's subject

35. Yearning

36. Ran like a scared rabbit

37. Yo-Yo Ma's instrument

38. Ria

40. Reason to stay in bed

41. Bar staple

45. Annie of "Oklahoma!"

46. Sticker

47. Rich Little's forte

48. Capital on the Red River

49. Perfume component

50. Lagoon border

51. One-time despots

52. Church recesses

55. It's a head turner?

56. Small decorative case

57. Bibliographical abbr.

58. Flexible mineral

62. Clinker

63. 007, for one