1. A compact mass
5. Contingencies
8. Muslim prayer leader
12. Ramble
13. Idle or foolish talk
15. Act
16. Concept
17. The vanquished
18. Front part of a boat
19. A cargo ship
22. "Wise" bird
23. A type of cereal grass
24. A city in New Mexico
26. Sour or putrid
29. Adhered
31. Second (abbrev.)
32. A small natural hill
34. Anagram of "Sense"
36. Bundle
38. Acknowledged as a supposition
40. Chair
41. The sharp edge at the junction of 2 surfaces
43. "Dressed to the _____"
45. Crafty
46. Stitching
48. Despise
50. Female operatic star
51. Hyrax
52. Twelve in Roman numerals
54. Prophetic of ultimate doom
61. Speck
63. Dodge
64. Risque
65. Generates profound wonder
66. Sleighs
67. Anagram of "Sire"
68. Marquis de ____
69. Donkey
70. Quiz or exam
2. A deposit of valuable ore
3. Concluded
4. A guiding light
5. To press clothes
6. Speedy
7. Stalk
8. Elf
9. Sullenness
10. Assert
11. Whimper
13. A thin coating of metal on a surface
14. Muse of lyric poetry
21. Grandmothers
25. Lyric poems
26. Raises up on the hind legs
27. Given official approval
28. Accomplishing
29. Mix
30. Distributed
31. Mineral spring
33. 56 in Roman numerals
35. Pigpen
37. Apteryx
39. Pins
44. Remain
47. Backs of necks
49. Liveliness
52. Christmas
53. Mid-western state
55. Leaf of the talipot palm
56. Prompts
57. Increases or sums
58. Weedy annual grass
59. Freezes
60. A closed sac (in a body)
62. East southeast