1. Obtains
5. Improvise
10. Leave out
14. Country of southeast Asia
15. Swampy arm of a lake
16. Single-channel
17. Defamations
19. Upon
20. Coloring liquid
21. Brass instrument
22. Answer back
24. Lofty nest
25. Skipjacks
26. Bury
29. Grasp
30. African country Sierra _____
31. Picture
32. Gradual decline
35. Seconds (abbrev.)
36. Male duck
37. Flame
38. Another name for Tokyo
39. A very light brown
40. Plant fiber for making rope
41. Bodily fluid
43. Ski trails
44. Sanskrit for "Great soul"
46. Former
47. All the same (2 words)
48. Main stem
49. Actor ___ Kingsley
52. Paddles
53. Deprive of hope
56. "Stop" for a horse
57. Doorkeeper
58. Death notice
59. Sediment
60. Timidly
61. Loch ____ monster
2. Not difficult
3. Be an alcoholic
4. Direction between south and southeast
5. Soak up
6. Where milk and butter are made
7. A city in east-central France
8. Charged particle
9. The way travelled by a public transit vehicle (2 words)
10. A group of languages spoken in Ethiopia
11. A believer in one god
12. Introduction (abbrev.)
13. Honks
23. Prefix indicating "Within"
24. Long periods of time
25. Fellow
26. Consequence
27. Require
28. Name for Vitamin E
29. A Bantu language spoken in Tanzania
31. Most important performer or role
33. Hillside
34. Sound units
36. Genus of vampire bats
37. Clenched hand
40. An East Indian tree
42. An East Indian tart yellow berrylike fruit
43. Monastery
44. Cat sounds
45. A genus of lemurs
46. Surpass
48. Pale gray
49. Infant
50. Breastplate
51. Meshes
54. Anagram of "His"
55. Actor/director ___ Howard