Across
1  J = Almond _____

4  ABC morning show (init.)

7  Remaining silent

10  Something in your bonnet (2 wds.)

12  Elton's instrument

14  Lone female on the stage (Latin)

15  Gretzky's specialty

16  Devices for baking pumpkin seeds

17  Borrowed money

18  Abject

20  O = Candy bar first introduced in 1920 (2 wds.)

22  Not readily reactive

24  Enzyme suffix

25  Planet's shadow

28  Pouch

30  A = Caramel object on Halloween

34  Angel

36  Snake

38  France & Germany river

39  Airport info.

40  Ball holder

42  However

44  Phoenix Suns affiliation

45  Stir up

47  Still

49  Sahuaro results

51  Audible

53  Headed

55  Something told by an idiot? (2 wds.)

56  Neither's partner

58  N = Famous wafer candy

60  Tacked (2 wds.)

64  Remittance

68  Persia's modern moniker

69  Center of activity

71  Mr. Noski

72  D = Milk _____

73  Elliptic

74  Indian Head _____

75  Self-esteem

76  Snacked

77  Common plural for "number"

1  Sprees

 2  Double-reed instrument

 3  2009 for example

 4  Generous folk

 5  Actress West

 6  _____ Domini

 7  It's best full on Halloween

 8  Suffix for "sing"

 9  More than a few

11  E = Mistress of the Dark

12  71 Across, for instance

13  Dept. of Labor agency

14  Slumbers

19  Awkward

21  Book of Hosea (abbr.)

23  Diet cola introduced in the '60s

25  Computer operators

26  Ditto (2 wds.)

27  Favorite food of the living dead

29  An ear of maize

31  Bear native to China

32  Mark

33  Wipe off

35  “_____ You” (BTO hit)

37  Back to school mo.

41  Conger

43  Comic cop

46  Bed sheets

48  X

50  A = _____ Fireballs (red hot candy)

52  Popular food fish

54  Appoint as one's substitute

57  R = Cylinder-shaped chocolate with caramel center

59  24 beers

60  Helper

61  Medicine

62  Pedestal part

63  Suddenly luminous star

65  All tied up

66  Prefix meaning "very small"

67  Dynamites

70  C = Ideally, it’s black on Halloween