1. Verse writers
6. A male college social club
10. Absorbs
14. Course around a star
15. Chancel
16. Iridescent gem
17. Interdependence of living organisms
19. Roman emperor
20. Slogan
21. And so forth
22. Fortitude
23. Delete
25. Flooded
26. Male deer
30. Loan shark
32. Shellfish
35. Ash
39. Like a bear
40. Adherent
41. A type of racehorse
43. Bad-mouth
44. Scheduling
46. Absorb written material
47. Donnybrook
50. Wharves
53. Winglike
54. Policeman
55. Enclose in
60. A Star Wars hero
61. Particularly
63. Portent
64. Flower stalk
65. Gloomy, in poetry
66. Jewelry
67. Arid
68. Swelling under the skin
2. Killer whale
3. Black, in poetry
4. Lean
5. Shop
6. A law enforcement agency
7. Break time
8. Not a professional
9. After-bath powder
10. Composer
11. A drama set to music
12. City in France
13. Indolence
24. Arctic bird
25. Writer
26. Porn
27. Unit of pressure
28. Too
29. Scintillating
31. Guns an engine
33. Loosen, as laces
34. Appear
36. Challenge
37. Celestial bear
38. Gave the once-over
42. Rejoinder
45. Child
47. Captain's superior
48. Lacquer ingredient
49. Burdened
51. Record (abbrev.)
52. Malicious
54. To tax or access
56. Credit or playing
57. Away from the wind
58. Close violently
59. Tropical American wildcat
62. An uncle