1. Mentally prepare
6. Faucets
10. Part of an ear
14. Hello or goodbye
15. The original matter (cosmology)
16. Infamous Roman emperor
17. Christmas song
18. Hawkeye State
19. Let go
20. Spectator
22. Prima donna problems
23. Mire
24. Seraglio
26. Connect or link (2 words)
30. Buckets
32. Lit to a higher degree
33. Important person
37. Principal
38. Internment camp
39. Region
40. Propagandist
42. Smell
43. Pasture
44. Beseeches
45. A pungent stew
47. Compete
48. Prompts
49. Solemnity
56. A D-Day beach
57. Travel on water
58. Turning point
59. Plunge
60. Feudal worker
61. Colonic
62. Clairvoyant
63. Collections
64. Adjust again
2. Kill
3. Bygone era
4. Grub
5. The largest flatfish
6. Fastening
7. Balm ingredient
8. Church benches
9. Very good (British)
10. Downplay
11. Mix together
12. Sweep
13. Klutz's cry
25. Former boxing champ
26. Monotonous sounds
27. Iridescent gem
28. Hodgepodge
29. Kookaburra
30. Stacked
31. Food thickener
33. Affaire d'honneur
34. Diva's solo
35. Cleave
36. Wild Tibetan oxen
38. Laminated metamorphic rocks
42. Roomette
44. A sizeable hole
45. Good-looker
46. Throw with effort
47. Valleys
48. Wads
50. Lack of difficulty
51. Effort
52. 3 times 3
53. Nights before
54. A few
55. Immediately