1. Rinds
6. Affirm
10. Rant
14. Expect
15. Flexible mineral
16. Nights before
17. Exceedingly harmful
19. Friends
20. Not awake
21. One time around
22. Go on horseback
23. Ate
25. Animal hides
26. Throat-clearing sound
30. Makes amends
32. Gain through experience
35. A vehicle that races
39. Complex in design
40. Watch and direct
41. Pixies
43. Fundamental
44. Select
46. Agile
47. Religious fathers
50. Property claims
53. Chair
54. Enemy
55. Be emphatic
60. Abominable Snowman
61. Instigator
63. Reflected sound
64. Feudal worker
65. Overact
66. Not now
67. French for "State"
68. Pass-the-baton race
2. Female sheep (plural)
3. Nobleman
4. Connects two points
5. Anagram of "Diets"
6. French for "Friend"
7. Purple
8. S. American country
9. Coarse file
10. Acts as an agent
11. Utilize
12. Open grassland
13. S S S S
18. Consumer Price Index
25. Smooth brown oval nut
26. Contributes
27. Pile
28. Always
29. Drugs
31. What a person is called
33. Slats
34. Margarine
36. Grumble
37. Food thickener
38. Depend
42. A musician who performs alone
45. Reddish brown
47. Heretofore (2 words)
48. Kind of nut
49. Wash oneself
51. Zero
52. Contemptuous look
54. No charge
56. Alike
57. False god
58. Bristle
59. 3
62. Obtain