1 Take off the lid
6 Mount a horse (2 wds.)
11 Chinese food seasoning
14 __ Arabia
15 Birthday Girl
16 Estimated time of arrival
17 Pointed weapon
18 Imitate
19 Huck Finn's friend
20 Spring mo.
22 Reverend (abbr.)
23 Not there
24 __ 1, Scene 1
27 "__ in the bud"
29 Changes the appearance
31 "Happy __!"
34 Not in
35 Stadium
36 Charlemagne's father
38 Pass with flying colors
41 Beat it cat!
42 Of jails
43 Evils
44 Owned, at one time
45 What Birthday guests are invited to
46 Scurry
47 Present topper
48 Assembled group
50 Very skinny
54 Friend
55 Stretch to make do
56 M*A*S*H actor Alda
57 TV __
59 Still
61 Cut grass
62 Turmoil
64 Day's opposite
68 Night bird
69 Suggest
70 Not cloudy
71 Some
72 Ably
73 Lamenting poem

 1  Ship initials
2 What cats do
3 Prompt
4 First man
5 Man-eating fish
6 Precious stone
7 Native ruler in Asia
8 Used a stop watch
9 Greek frying need
10 Big Apple (abbr.)
11 Doorknob height
12 Thunder__
13 What you play at parties
21 Free of
23 Very spicy
24 Embarrass
25 Approximate date
26 Tire covering
28 It covers presents
30 What partygoers have
32 Explosive stuff
33 Rumormonger
37 Give me the money you owe! (2 wds.)
38 By one's self
39 Wall time piece
40 "__ Lauder" perfume maker
42 Used goods dealership
43 __cream
45 Comic book word for hit
46 Be quiet!
47 Outlaw
49 It's your __!
50 Island country
51 The guy with the red nose
52 Coldly
53 Bread ingredient
58 Work hard
60 Dig up the soil
62 Certified public accountant's inits.
63 Pigpen
65 Exclamation of surprise
66 Old woman
67 Attempt