1. Spurt
5. What a spider builds
8. Former Italian currency
12. A single time
13. A silky fiber from the seeds of a tropical tree
15. Christmas
16. Teller of untruths
17. A magistrate of the Roman Republic
18. Zulu warriors
19. Civilize
22. Another name for aspirin
23. Second (abbrev.)
24. A closed sac (in a body)
26. A long-handled cutting tool
29. Forms or casts
31. Shout of derision
32. A quantity of no importance
34. Abraham's wife
36. Muslim prayer leader
38. Primp
40. Anagram of "Soil"
41. A short choral composition
43. Chieftain
45. Consumed
46. Certify
48. Fatal
50. Anagram of "Ache"
51. Perish
52. Needlefish
54. Bumpkins
61. Scrapes
63. A hymn of praise
64. Fertilizer ingredient
65. At the highest point
66. Anagram of "Pangs"
67. A small wooded hollow
68. Cunning
69. South southeast
70. Nature of being
2. Genus of the pearly-shelled mussel
3. Swindle
4. A belief counter to the tenets of a religion
5. African gully
6. Heroic
7. A string necktie
8. 61 in Roman numerals
9. Extraneous
10. Gentle blows
11. Largest continent
13. Tomato sauce
14. A two-masted sailing ship
21. Hawk
25. Resorts
26. Volcanic islands in the south Pacific
27. A very talkative person
28. A type of heron
29. Horse
30. Engagingly provocative
31. Not her
33. Turn down and sew
35. Till
37. Greek for "With" or "After"
39. Requiring
44. A horizontal bar
47. Boats
49. Be dishonest with
52. A German title
53. Automatic (abbrev.)
55. Circuits around a course or track
56. Meadows
57. Nemesis
58. Anagram of "Sire"
59. Snake-like fishes
60. A period of discounted prices
62. Secret agent