1. Heathen
6. Distinctive spirit
11. Very skilled person
14. Overjoy
15. Bantu language
16. Cleaning implement
17. Remove toxins
18. Like peat
19. Male given name
20. Emblematic staff (Brit)
22. Deep fried meat dish
24. Slender missile
26. Rust
30. Corruptly influenced
34. Weeding implement
35. Thing that opens
36. Walk in water
37. Yellowish brown color
39. Of recent origin
40. Russian revolutionary leader
41. Gemstone
42. Covered with scabs
44. Acquire
45. Gesture of indifference
46. Mistaken
48. Flirtatious girl
49. Feed bag
54. Played first stroke
59. Part of verb to be
60. Bath sponge
62. You will
63. Condensed moisture
64. Person used as one's excuse
65. Result
66. Idiot
67. Formerly part of French West Africa
68. Outmoded

Down

1. Brand of sock for women (TM)
2. Smart ----
3. Movable barrier
4. On the top
5. In the next house
6. Feel
7. Definite article
8. Rime
9. Holes in a sponge
10. Articulates
11. Ammunition
12. Moderately cold
13. Fencing sword
21. Coarse file
23. N Vermont ski resort
25. Carries record player cartridge
26. Confusion
27. Zing
28. Rod used to reinforce concrete
29. Part of Papua New Guinea
31. Latin-American dance
32. Farewell
33. Temporary dwellings
38. Evade
40. Sharp-sighted
43. Part of skeleton
47. Non-Polynesian
49. Nothing
50. Minerals
51. Stitches
52. Reveal indiscreetly
53. Enter
55. Spanish lady
56. Expel
57. Duct for smoke
58. Ran away
61. Law enforcement agency