1. A nucleus of personnel
6. Relating to the ear
10. Portent
14. Sea
15. Attempt again
16. Part portrayed
17. Decree
18. Academic head
19. Donate
20. Misshapen
22. Charred
24. Close by
25. Convent
26. Pillager
29. Sodium chloride
30. Possessing the necessary skills
31. Take advantage
37. Anagram of "Souls"
39. Arrangement (abbrev.)
40. Slander
41. Grief
44. A young lady
45. Found in some skin lotions
46. Sacred text of Zoroastrianism
48. Part or serving
52. Visual organs
53. Do to excess
54. Having no ribs or nerves (archaic)
58. Hawaiian feast
59. Kiln-dried grain
61. Strengthened (muscles)
62. Gifts to the poor
63. A Tuscan island
64. Inward
65. Repose
66. Accomplishment
67. Any worshipped supernatural being
2. Pimples
3. Unable to hear
4. Storyteller
5. Main course
6. Command
7. Placed on a tee
8. Anagram of "Aid"
9. Seek advice
10. Keyboard instrument
11. Having a wave-like pattern
12. Young eel
13. Destitute
23. Anagram of "Leant"
25. Nigerian monetary unit
26. Whip
27. Slender woodwind instrument
28. Leaf of the talipot palm
29. A brief indulgence
32. Brother of Moses
33. A sedimentary rock
34. Wading bird
35. Gusto
36. "Born Free" lioness
38. Sedate
43. Knock out
47. Unconditional
48. Type of bear
49. The female germ cell of a plant
50. Units of paper
51. Complete confidence in a person
52. Anagram of "Cadet"
54. A river in central Europe
55. Against
56. Nipple
57. Current
60. Beer