Puzzle
ACROSS 1 Word before "clock" or "energy"
7 (Air kiss)
11 Came down with
14 Butterfly or Bovary
15 Missouri neighbor
16 Be in the red
17 Shakespearean fairy king
18 First part of a musical mnemonic + staff = ___
20 "Yeah, right!"
21 Reasonable
23 Onions' kin
24 Second part of the mnemonic + Dolls' musical partner = ___
27 "I'll take care of this"
28 Otherwise
29 Monkey, e.g.
30 Green topping for gnocchi
33 It's put in a pot
35 Tattoo canvas
37 Tool often spelled without an "e"
38 Third part of the mnemonic + ensemble = ___
41 Sinus M.D.
42 Races, as an engine
44 Fruit that's also a body shape
45 "I'm so frustrated!"
47 Stops
49 What percolators do
51 Citified
52 Fourth part of the mnemonic + tempo = ___
56 Even a bit
57 Plumber's pump type
58 Drag queen's hair, usually
59 Fifth part of the mnemonic + melody = ___
61 Bury
64 Mythical bird
65 Wicked
66 Showed bias
67 Number of stars on Texas' flag
68 Fist bumps
69 A bit
DOWN 1 Mingling with
2 Something you can't do
3 Start of a tribute poem's title
4 Corona del ___, California
5 Texter's qualifier
6 Large-scale head count
7 Appearances
8 Made on a loom
9 Dazzle
10 Globe-trotter's base?
11 Househusband, e.g.
12 One may be rude
13 TV rooms
19 Legendary Himalayans
22 Responses to captains
25 LAPD title
26 Hunk of gunk
27 Creditor's claim
29 "American Idol" quest
30 A bogey is over it
31 How something is done
32 Kind of pay for a former employee
34 Utah Jazz's grp.
36 To the ___ degree
39 Diner sign
40 Roasting spot?
43 Mink's cousin
46 Likely (to)
48 Like some nuts and caramels
50 Drives away
52 Some showdowns
53 Terse refusal
54 Photocopier ancestor, briefly
55 Treble clef lines often remembered by this puzzle's mnemonic
56 Hendrix hairstyle
57 Rhyming synonym of "clip"
60 Sch. founded by Jefferson
62 Prefix for "liberalism"
63 Paving goo
Solution