1. A vaulted recess on a building
5. "With it" or "Cool"
8. Assistant
12. Group of criminals
13. Spanish for "Mister"
15. Vexation
16. A Great Lake
17. Master of Ceremonies
18. City in Yemen
19. Devalued
22. A mountain on Crete
23. American Sign Language
24. Canines
26. Diplomat
29. Distinct feature or element
31. Robert
32. A magistrate of the Roman Republic
34. Strayed
36. 1 1 1 1
38. Poet T.S. _____
40. Characterized by malice
41. Assisted
43. Prongs
45. 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
46. Towns
48. Freezing rains
50. Where the sun rises
51. Light Emitting Diode
52. Our star
54. Rivals
61. Pretentious
63. Withe
64. Muslim prayer leader
65. Trickery
66. Overhead vistas
67. Pleasant
68. Negatives
69. Female sibling
70. Became larger
2. Whittle
3. Trim
4. A type of garnet
5. Prefix indicating "Half"
6. Native of Peru
7. Lyrical writer
8. Another name for aspirin
9. Lacking discretion
10. Became deceased
11. Sicilian volcano
13. Keep away from others
20. Nature of being
21. Narcotic (slang)
25. Bacterium
26. Cone-like
27. Submissively
28. Rhythmic ways of speaking
29. Long periods of geologic time
30. Nipples
31. Snake
33. 52 in Roman numerals
35. A nucleic acid
37. Stiff hair or bristle
39. Bank clerks
44. Observed
47. The distinctive spirit of a people
49. Advancing slowly and cautiously
52. Cut (wood)
53. Murres
55. Requests
56. 53 in Roman numerals
57. Sediment from fermentation
58. Chieftain
59. A competition involving speed
60. A diving duck
62. Affirmative