1. Front part of a stair
6. Mild expletive
10. Classy
14. Sun-dried brick
15. An extended journey
16. Jacob's brother
17. A fruit of the gourd family
18. Sharpen
19. Bones that protect the lungs
20. Corrections
22. V V V V
23. Hearing organ
24. A fortified wine
26. Go ashore
30. Not a washer
32. Utilized
33. Sword
35. An ancient Assyrian city
39. Rascal
41. Rodent
42. A woody climbing tropical plant
43. Strange or weird
44. Actress ____ Lanchester
46. Relating to the ear
47. Slumbered
49. 90
51. Not quite
54. A humorous play on words
55. A sweet gritty-textured fruit
56. Torment
63. Hindu princess
64. Negatives
65. Striped wildcat
66. Nature of being
67. Hotels
68. Jagged
69. Perceives visually
70. Yield
71. Glue
2. Anagram of "Dime"
3. Underside of footwear
4. Black
5. Draw
6. Anagram of "There"
7. Thug
8. Parental sister
9. Fancy
10. An aberrant sexual practice
11. Withe
12. Sword
13. Adulteress
25. Get better
26. A British peer of the highest rank
27. Serf
28. Brown, grizzly or polar, for example
29. Pieces of advice
30. Distributed
31. Drenches
34. Preparation (abbrev.)
36. Satisfy
37. An assemblage regarded as a single entity
38. Risque
40. Snake-like fishes
48. Cultural
50. The arch of the foot
51. French for "After"
52. Rental agreement
53. A large and imposing house
54. Outmoded
57. A1
58. Tear
59. Anagram of "Amir"
60. Psyches
61. Where a bird lives
62. Tall woody plant