6. Calphalon product

9. Platters

14. Smooth transition

15. Alien transport, supposedly

16. Bar, at the bar

17. First of six popes

18. "Losing My Religion" rock group

19. Amorphous creature

20. Volunteer

23. Group of whales

24. Tom, Dick & Harry?

25. Put out of commission

27. Like old Russia

31. Contradict

32. Same old, same old

33. Determined to do

35. Usher's milieu

38. Low digits

40. Move, as a plant

42. Roil

43. Ann & May

45. Calendar girl

47. Chemical suffix

48. Finished off, so to speak

50. Lacking integrity

52. Restrict

55. It's big in London

56. Harvest goddess

57. Not in sync

63. Columbus landfall in 1492

65. Pay dirt

66. Courtyards

67. Command

68. Tandoori-baked bread

69. Wine & dine

70. "The Avengers" character

71. Antiquity, in antiquity

72. Fencing equipment

1. Dangerous biters

2. Cadence

3. Chills & fever

4. Old-time antibiotic

5. Herd members

6. Engine sound

7. Not many

8. Bedouin

9. Lowest point on earth

10. Tour's end?

11. Gradually

12. Early programming language

13. "The Maltese Falcon" sleuth

21. Wicker willow

22. Free from, with "of"

26. Cuckoos

27. Sushi staple

28. Enter

29. This puzzle's theme word

30. Issue

32. Big bird of mythology

34. Double negative?

36. Fluff

37. Afore

39. Splinter group

41. Engine supercharger

44. Tern or erne, e.g.

46. Introduction

49. Conk out

51. Clear, as a clog

52. Some salmon

53. Illusory art work

54. Nary a soul

58. River to the Caspian

59. Be inclined

60. Test answer choice

61. Cork's country

62. Butter servings

64. Athletic supporter?