ACROSS

 1 Male admirer

 5 River to the Caspian Sea

 9 Sheer brilliance

14 Norse god of war

15 Mane area

16 Jurassic Park dinosaur, e.g.

17 Dog's high-pitched cry

18 Well for the French

19 Philadelphia Oscar winner

20 Reservation opening

23 Former Vice President Al

24 Briefest acceptance speech

25 Happy folks on election night

28 Disrobe

31 Simpsons grandpa

34 Dusty memento

36 Wedder of Lennon

37 Door-to-door cosmetics company

38 "And now?"

42 Pupil's colorful place

43 First of a vowel fivesome

44 More maneuverable at sea

45 She may have quite a habit

46 Part of an Egyptian pound (Var.)

49 Make an effort

50 Victorian or Edwardian, e.g.

51 Line about which the earth turns

53 Frustrated crossword solver's cry

61 Unspoken, as an understanding

62 Tiniest of margins

63 Fully engrossed

64 Bail out from a jet

65 Bear in the night sky

66 Window picture

67 ___-eyed (close to tears)

68 Exercise establishments

69 Talking bird

DOWN

 1 Laddie, in Australia

 2 Place of a very tricky serpent

 3 Is green around the gills

 4 Unfasten, in a way

 5 Still enjoying womb service

 6 Came down in buckets

 7 Did an impression of

 8 Advanced, as cash

 9 Alpine sounds

10 "Santa ___ Is Coming to Town"

11 Suit size designation

12 Ancient emblem of life

13 Midterm or final

21 Shrink's furniture

22 A caddy may hold it

25 Steve the late Crocodile Hunter

26 India's first prime minister

27 Rubbed out, as a dragon

29 Boxing ring borders

30 Dir. from Memphis to Nashville

31 Prevent, as danger

32 Stocky dog breed

33 Ledger line

35 Nitpicky word for grammarians

37 California's Santa ___ winds

39 Like some kites

40 Vegetable in a pod

41 Damascus is its capital

46 Like a woman in a Roy Orbison classic

47 Beijing belief

48 In-crowd actors

50 Vote off, a la Big Brother

52 Theatrical backdrop

53 Couple on a gossip page

54 Visitor to Mecca

55 Hotshot pilots

56 Mob hoodlum

57 Diff'rent Strokes actor Coleman

58 Frilly

59 "Once ___ a midnight dreary ..."

60 Italian volcano

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