1. Exposed
5. Countercurrent
9. Snare
13. Black, in poetry
14. Drills
16. Cry of pain
17. Strike heavily
18. Constructed
19. Thorny flower
20. Electrical pioneer
22. Moves
24. Tight
26. Ancient empire
27. One who bestows
30. Reddish brown
33. Massages
35. Tropical Asian starlings
37. Nigerian tribesman
38. Steam bath
41. A law enforcement agency
42. Two
45. Finance
48. Attack by plane
51. High ranking officer
52. Not written exams
54. Interlaced
55. Doubters
59. Stupefy
62. A chess piece
63. Units of land
65. Recent events
66. Carryall
67. Property claims
68. Eccentric person
69. Toboggan
70. French for "Head"
71. Terminates
2. Competent
3. Deckhand
4. Part of Great Britain
5. Diminish
6. Gloomy
7. Less damp
8. Lemon or canary
9. Despotism
10. Violent disturbance
11. Church alcove
12. P P P P
15. Leaf opening
23. Serene
25. Drags
27. Electrical or crossword
28. Yokels
29. Ribonucleic acid
31. Unanticipated
32. Small drum
34. Type of large sandwich
36. Small mountain
39. Henpeck
40. Again
43. Hunched
46. A round handle
47. Retaliation
49. Deadly
50. Bring out
53. A slope of loose rocks
55. Circle fragments
56. Objective
57. Schnozzola
58. Dispatched
60. Was indebted
61. Sounds of disapproval
64. South southeast