1. Ails
5. Urge a dog to attack
8. Tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
12. Repast
13. A chocolate substitute
15. Modern-day Persia
16. Sheet of glass
17. Genus of the alewife or shad
18. Former Italian currency
19. In an outraged manner
22. A booking for musicians
23. The Supreme Being
24. A landlocked republic in western Africa
26. Breathe in
29. Keyboarding
31. Avenue (abbrev.)
32. Dissuade
34. An emergency replacement part
36. Capital of Latvia
38. Tear into little pieces
40. Celebrity
41. Long periods of geologic time
43. Fertile areas in deserts
45. A lyric poem
46. Shares
48. Orb
50. Knowing a secret (2 words)
51. Petroleum
52. Ocean
54. Tornadoes passing over water
61. A child's flying toy
63. Small light boat
64. Humble request
65. God of love (Greek mythology)
66. Congratulations
67. Flat or level
68. Past tense of "To be"
69. A male cat
70. Identical
2. Not fatty
3. Territory
4. Sled
5. Anagram of "Alas"
6. To press clothes
7. Amount charged
8. Military (abbrev.)
9. One who creates something
10. Indian dress
11. Catch
13. Sticks of paraffin used for lighting
14. Mild and pleasant
21. Yelps
25. What you kiss with
26. Types of vines
27. Intermediary in contract talks
28. The distinctive spirit of a people
29. Braid
30. School year
31. Genus of macaws
33. Earned Run Average
35. Before
37. Soon (archaic)
39. Forces out of office
44. Boat
47. Natural skill
49. Runs off to marry
52. Distort
53. Ireland
55. Tight
56. Prefix indicating "Within"
57. Bath, bed, or dining, for example
58. Sea lettuce
59. Swarm
60. Rational
62. East southeast