1. Trees of the genus Ulmus
5. Exclamation of surprise
8. Loose sleeveless cloaks
12. Italian greeting
13. Piloted a vehicle
15. Italian city
16. Protagonist
17. Made easier to bear
18. Operatic solo
19. Was larger in number
22. A tribe of Israel
23. Before
24. Female horse
26. A river in the Middle East
29. African desert
31. Gentle toss
32. Labor organization
34. Break open
36. Passport
38. Discarded
40. An indefinite period
41. A valley in France
43. Inheritors
45. Born
46. Increase threefold
48. Drunk (slang)
50. Deviate
51. Seven in Roman numerals
52. A leguminous plant
54. Involving carbon compounds
61. A river in central Europe
63. A poem by Homer
64. Cover with asphalt
65. Possessing the necessary skills
66. Mooch
67. Wicked
68. East Asian unit of weight
69. A potent estrogen
70. Banister
2. Place
3. Marketplace
4. Not later
5. A Semitic people
6. Flexible tube
7. Assert
8. Macaws
9. Marginal
10. Genus of the dogfish
11. Actor ____ Connery
13. Degrades
14. Swelling under the skin
21. Anagram of "Dash"
25. Wholly absorbed
26. Floor beam
27. Evident
28. Alcove
29. Escargot
30. Directed
31. Fifty-six in Roman numerals
33. Mineral bearing rock
35. T
37. Region
39. Furnish
44. Ketch
47. Words of a song
49. A baby's undies
52. Partially decayed vegetable matter
53. A Tuscan island
55. Pleased
56. Assistant
57. Bother persistently
58. Magma
59. Fifty-seven in Roman numerals
60. Shout
62. Snake-like fish