| ACROSS |
| 1. | Entreaty |
| 5. | Last letter of the English alphabet |
| 8. | Pat or tap gently |
| 11. | Age |
| 12. | Everything |
| 13. | Cuckoo |
| 14. | Unrelated to defense, as in spending |
| 18. | Supplements with great effort |
| 19. | Fifth month |
| 20. | Direct toward a target or goal |
| 22. | A female animal or person |
| 25. | Use |
| 26. | Italian singer-songwriter Filippo Neviani |
| 28. | Boat paddle |
| 29. | Indian skirt |
| 30. | Not either |
| 31. | Whine |
| 34. | Girls' org. (abbr.) |
| 36. | Monetary unit of Latvia |
| 38. | Remove all contents or possession from |
| 39. | Eastern Standard Time (abbr.) |
| 40. | Compass dir. |
| 41. | Put down |
| 42. | And so on (abbr.) |
| 44. | Supercomputer manufacturer |
| 46. | _ de Janeiro |
| 47. | Affirmative reply |
| 48. | Ocean |
| 51. | Fast jet |
| 52. | Coat; cloak |
| 54. | Often (poetically) |
| 55. | Quote |
| 58. | One whose occupation is catching lobsters |
| 65. | American Medical Association (abbr.) |
| 66. | Chief or king in Benin or Nigeria |
| 67. | Legendary king corresponding to the historical figure of Attila |
| 68. | A young ewe |
| 69. | Russian fighter aircraft |
| 70. | Inconspicuous attention getter |
|
| DOWN |
| 1. | Baking dish |
| 2. | Lion |
| 3. | A really long time |
| 4. | Also |
| 5. | Zimbabwe AIDS Network (abbr.) |
| 6. | Raised railways |
| 7. | Ancient Greek colony of southern Italy near the Gulf of Salerno |
| 8. | (East Indies) transportation by relays of people or horses |
| 9. | A saturated hydrocarbon |
| 10. | Altar cloth linen |
| 15. | Australian flightless bird |
| 16. | At a great distance |
| 17. | Sight organ |
| 18. | Develop |
| 21. | _ tizzy (2 wds.) |
| 22. | Male child |
| 23. | White Person, in Hawaii |
| 24. | The state or an instance of erring |
| 27. | Smoochers |
| 29. | Simplified Employee Pension (plan) (abbr.) |
| 31. | Parent Teacher Association (abbr.) |
| 32. | University of Rhode Island (abbr.) |
| 33. | Hat (slang) |
| 35. | A Phrygian man, the consort of Cybele, whom the goddess out of sexual jealousy drove mad, whereupon he castrated himself and died |
| 37. | Cylindrical with tapered ends |
| 38. | Roguish |
| 43. | Small bed |
| 45. | Volcano in Japan |
| 48. | Distress signal |
| 49. | Newt |
| 50. | Had dinner |
| 53. | Seize upon or latch onto something |
| 55. | Feline |
| 56. | Institute for Media and Entertainment (abbr.) |
| 57. | Label |
| 59. | Religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and sorcery |
| 60. | Paper or plastic container |
| 61. | Strike |
| 62. | Mountains (abbr.) |
| 63. | Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord |
| 64. | A young louse |