1. Everglades bird
6. Brusque
10. Framework for holding objects
14. A sudden noisy expulsion of air
15. Sword
16. Black, in poetry
17. A motley assortment of things
19. "Encore!"
20. A city in the Ukraine
21. The superior limb
22. Encourage
23. Cheer up
25. Up to a time
26. A stinging insect
30. Snuggle
32. Feat
35. A form of sugar
39. A gripping hand tool
40. Not a follower
41. Reasonable
43. Cocktail
44. Afternoon snooze
46. Concludes
47. Perspiration
50. Floral leaf
53. Average
54. Honey insect
55. Marked by rigidity
60. Where the sun rises
61. Plait
63. Affirm
64. Cards with just one symbol
65. Birth-related
66. Count upon
67. Arid
68. Inscribed pillar
2. Not bad
3. Impolite
4. They come from hens
5. Not those
6. Chief executive officer
7. Inform
8. Relapse
9. Move in large numbers
10. Compensate
11. Cut short
12. Welsh dog
13. Get on one's knees
24. Picnic insect
25. Gastric woe
26. Cried
27. Wheel shaft
28. Rotate
29. An agreeable or amusing remark
31. An ancient Toltec city in central Mexico
33. Path around the sun
34. Part of an archipelago
36. Chief Norse god
37. Transmit
38. Goddess of discord (Greek mythology)
43. Geographic illustration
45. Wobble
47. Besmirch
48. Interlace
49. Artist's workstand
51. Arranger (abbrev.)
52. Grass gardens
54. Partiality
56. Flesh of animals
57. Charge per unit
58. Elliptical
59. Expunge
62. East southeast