Puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Pickle herb

  5 Male mallards

 11 Glib sort's "gift"

 14 Only U.S. state with a non-rectangular flag

 15 Cease's partner

 16 "___ you listening?"

 17 Shade arrangement?

 19 Free (of)

 20 Gave a TED Talk, say

 21 Oxymoron at the track

 23 Binary digits

 26 Amount past due?

 27 Long, thin loaves

 32 Taste, e.g.

 35 Aspiring D.A.'s exam

 36 Devastation

 38 German auto

 39 $$$ dispenser

 40 Jong of fiction

 41 Rap's ___ Wayne

 42 All hands on deck

 44 Admit to a club

 45 Came to

 46 Photography giant

 48 Not to be talked out of

 50 Victorian, for one

 51 Laze around

 52 Football tactic involving a throw

 57 The ___ State (Hawaii)

 61 Actress/comedian Wong

 62 Purchase option where you pay later

 65 Captain's journal

 66 Lacking iron

 67 Like a nasty mood

 68 Berman in sportcasting

 69 Scottish monster's nickname

 70 British"Bye!"

DOWN



  1 Physical givers, briefly

  2 Stack-selling chain

  3 "___ & Stitch"

  4 "Watch your step!"

  5 Molar pro's deg.

  6 ___ center

  7 Three-time Grand Slam winner Arthur

  8 Capital of Ukraine

  9 Literary villain Squalor

 10 They relieve blockages

 11 Place to grow vegetables, perhaps

 12 Extremely dry

 13 What some sofas can turn into

 18 Russo of "Ransom"

 22 Cookie with a Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie flavor

 24 Broadway legend Merman

 25 Did not blink, maybe

 27 Jet color?

 28 Prefix for "physics"

 29 Level creation and such

 30 Online party notice

 31 Mixer

 33 Prospex watchmaker

 34 Burstyn or Pompeo

 37 "No problem"

 43 "Star ___: The Rise of Skywalker"

 45 Nicely stated

 47 The Princeton Review competitor

 49 Leave laughing in the aisles

 52 Gloomy atmosphere

 53 Vera's leader?

 54 Channel

 55 "The ___ have it"

 56 Thanksgiving side dish

 58 Gymnastics great Korbut

 59 "Stop there!"

 60 "Glass" actress Taylor-Joy

 63 Nintendo console

 64 Flexible blackjack card

Solution