1. Patter
6. 20th-century art movement
10. Anagram of "Dice"
14. East African country
15. Comply with
16. Exploded star
17. Interlace
19. 8 in Roman numerals
20. Heavy and filling food
21. "___ the season to be jolly"
22. Ailments
23. Double-reed instruments
25. Stodgy
26. Swing around
30. Beneficial
32. Reap
35. Incapacitate
39. Crazy
40. Filament
41. Wander aimlessly
43. Repossess
44. Third sign of the zodiac
46. Auspices
47. Trimmed
50. A strict vegetarian
53. Absent Without Leave
54. Nevertheless
55. Straight
60. Mongolian desert
61. Possible
63. Anagram of "Seek"
64. Neuter
65. Jagged
66. A musical pause
67. Midmonth date
68. Church council
2. Confined
3. Within
4. Gave the once-over
5. Very slow in tempo
6. Female deer
7. Decreases
8. Contrived
9. Yeses
10. Sacrosanct
11. Spirals
12. Iniquities
13. A type of flower
18. A spider spins this
25. Melodies
26. Leveling wedge
27. Alley
28. Constellation bear
29. A preacher
31. A small high-pitched flute
33. Ceased
34. Appear
36. Boast
37. 53 in Roman numerals
38. Shade trees
42. Held (someone's attention)
45. Urticate
47. Beeper
48. Aroused
49. Gowns
51. Former boxing champ
52. 9 9 9 9
54. A sharply directional antenna
56. Not
57. Black, in poetry
58. And
59. Marsh plant
62. Commercials