1. Fur
5. 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
8. Distant
12. French for "Place"
13. Christmases
15. Semi-rigid part of the skeleton
16. Not written
17. Romance author _____ Ashworth
18. Pretty
19. Alimentary muscle contractions
22. Released from something onerous
23. Taro root paste
24. Vigor
26. Dark area caused by light being blocked
29. Things in succession
31. Thursday (abbrev.)
32. Long-billed shore bird
34. Tropical palms
36. Charged atomic nucleii
38. Support poles
40. Elitist
41. Serving spoon
43. Poet T.S. _____
45. Parson bird
46. Highing ranking suits
48. To be aloft
50. Olympic athlete ____ Zatopek
51. Mother of the ancient Irish gods
52. Aged
54. To do again
61. Obligation
63. Courageous
64. Margin, edge or border
65. Haawaiian island
66. Couches
67. Always
68. Hurry
69. Battle (abbrev.)
70. Rational
2. Republic of Ireland
3. Shakespearean king
4. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs
5. Closing section of a musical composition
6. Achilles' weakness
7. Maladies
8. Alphabet
9. One of 14 equal parts
10. Against or counter
11. Marshy grass
13. Countries
14. Take possession
21. Blood fluids
25. Male honorifics
26. Young pig
27. Percentages
28. Light rubs
29. Fine line at the end of strokes in letters
30. Spy on or explore
31. Until
33. Friend
35. ___ Lincoln
37. Squalid area
39. Comforts
44. Prong of a fork
47. Freshmen
49. Vapors
52. Smell
53. Hawaiian feast
55. Probability (abbrev.)
56. Flat-bottomed water craft
57. Almost round
58. The Destroyer (Hindu)
59. Paradise
60. Withered or dry
61. Express agreement (New England)