Crossword puzzle answers: March 17, 2017

ACROSS1 Endangered trees 5 Vice -- 10 Elec. units 14 Hang around 15 Leaves out 16 In -- of 17 At all times 18 Sugar lumps 19 In a while 20 Mexicali matrons 22 Paying rent 24 Started a fire 25 Well-bred chap 26 Basic constituent of marble 29 Pestered in fun 34 Put the kibosh on 35 Save up for later 37 Friendlier 38 Cleveland's lake 40 Bedouin 42 Very serious 43 Potential oak 45 Overfeeds 47 Not care a -- 48 Force through 50 Suit accessory 52 Theater companies, briefly 54 52, to Livy 55 Quiver 59 Bram Stoker's count 63 European capital 64 Deep devotion 66 Talk up 67 Praise 68 Dilapidated car 69 Send packing 70 Barely makes ends meet 71 Keyed up 72 This senora

DOWN 1 Lambs' parents 2 Rinse off 3 Outward appearance 4 Saunter 5 Trade 6 Grounded birds 7 -- -eye steak 8 Archaeology find 9 Agree 10 Sorrowful cry 11 Short skirt 12 Lowly laborer 13 Carried a tune 21 Fertile, as soil 23 Pharaoh's god 25 Dresden residents 26 About that time 27 Math proposition 28 New Mexico town 30 Assistance 31 Movies about UFOs (hyph.) 32 Spooky 33 Remnant 34 Close by 36 Type of palm tree 39 Be off base 41 Dummy's partner in bridge 44 Ibsen woman 46 Read quickly 49 Uncouple 51 Go softly 53 Erle's lawyer 55 Meadow rodent 56 Meryl, in "Out of Africa" 57 Between green and indigo 58 Wands 59 Cast a ballot 60 Debt memos 61 Orange coating 62 Wonder Woman's friend 65 Skip stones