1- Ball clubs

 BATS

5- Golf clubs

 IRONS

10- Shakespeare backwards?

 DRAB

14- Halo

 AURA

15- “I will be” in French

 SERAI

16- “Fatha” Hines

 EARL

17- Cut

 SNIP

18- Birth pains

 LABOR

19- Stead

 LIEU

20- Temporary fix

 STOPGAP

22- Not religious

 SECULAR

24- What to do when you forget the lyrics

 HUM

25- Yule drink

 NOG

26- Reddish dye

 EOSIN

29- T.G.I.F. part

 ITS

32- A honey

PEACH

36- Say it’s so

 AVER

37- Rug for the hairless

 TOUPEE

39- ___ mosso

 PIU

40- School heads

 SUPERINTENDENTS

43- Another name for a “Yalie”

 ELI

44- How we stand

 UNITED

45- Average grades

CEES

46- Press sources

 LEAKS

48- El___ (Spanish hero)

 CID

49- One who kisses up

 TOADY

50- And so on

 ETC

52- Not pro

 CON

53- A language of Singapore

 MALAYAN

57- Rifle knife

 BAYONET

61- Adjoin

 ABUT

62- A good jingle will increase these

 SALES

64- Wise trio

 MAGI

65- “All The Way To ___”, song by REM

 RENO

66- Pick up the check

 TREAT

67- Mosque VIP

 IMAM

68- British gun

 STEN

69- Bakery treat

 SCONE

70- Give up

 CEDE

1- Bottom of the orchestra

 BASS

2- “Charlie’s ____”

 AUNT

3- String ____

 TRIO

4- Blue gem

 SAPPHIRE

5- Eastern religion

 ISLAM

6- Harvest

 REAP

7- Globe

 ORB

8- Greek temple

 NAOS

9- Seductress

 SIREN

10- Flood

 DELUGE

11- Complain bitterly

 RAIL

12- Region

 AREA

13- Roadrunner’s legs

 BLUR

21- Rev the engine

 GUN

23- Managed

 COPED

26- Painters’ helper

 EASEL

27- Small egg

 OVA

28- “_____ Panorama” (Ellington)

 SEPIA

29- Grecian style

 IONIC

30- Everybody play

 TUTTI

31- Exceed the limit

 SPEED

33- Sleep problem

 APNEA

34- Gave a ticket for 31

 CITED

35- Brazen lady

 HUSSY

37- Like some ears

 TIN

38- It comes after the coda

 END

41- Out of practice

 RUSTY

42- Thrifty

 ECONOMIC

47- Buster of silents

 KEATON

49- Small poodle

 TOY

51- Groups of actors

 CASTS

52- Untouchable, for example

 CASTE

53- Film comedian Sonny

 MARS

54- Assist a criminal

 ABET

55- “Clair de ____”

 LUNE

56- DEA agent

 NARC

57- Coleman Hawkins nickname

 BEAN

58- A famous band is a ____ band.

 NAME

59- Mild, old-fashioned oath

 EGAD

60- Necessity for good drummers

 TIME

63- Local 802 trumpeter Ball

 LEO