5. Beet's close relative

10. Baltic capital

14. Ilk

15. Toil

16. Carbon compound

17. Adjust by aligning

19. Check

20. Weak & feeble

21. Life choices

23. Skewered fare (var.)

26. "Drat!"

27. Pitched

30. Allow

32. Scatter

35. Weed whacker

36. This puzzle's theme

38. British brew

39. Mythical avian predator

40. Russia's "icebox"

41. Casual summer top

42. "Now I get it!"

43. Circus regulars

44. Eat like a bird

45. Baccarat player's call

47. Still

48. Legions

49. Links rental

51. Spots for studs

53. Once-popular big screen site

56. Cunning

60. Anger, with "up"

61. Adjust differing viewpoints

64. Seed for a deed?

65. Massage

66. St. crossers

67. Nuisance

68. E-mails

69. Fit together snugly

1. Fungal spore sacs

2. "Crazy" bird

3. Campus fig.

4. Protester, of sorts

5. Scale

6. Solo of sci-fi

7. Legal grp.

8. Campus military org.

9. Apprehension

10. Begrudge

11. Adjusts by blending parts

12. Attendee

13. Handouts, of a kind

18. Attraction

22. Bob Marley fan

24. Inner circle member, e.g.

25. Decorate ornately

27. Pulsate

28. Ado

29. Adjusts by bringing to accord

31. Seek help from

33. Bumper sticker word, maybe

34. Fractions of a month

36. Be far from fine

37. Bro's sib

40. Musical arrangement

44. He always rings twice?

46. Caution

48. Deli purchase, perhaps

50. Parasitic arachnids

52. Versifiers

53. Faucet fault

54. Carnival attraction

55. Nada

57. V

58. Manipulates

59. Just in case

62. Game pieces, e.g.

63. Digs