Puzzle

 ACROSS 

  1 Word before "plane" or "projection"

  7 Apple variety

 11 Where to get a facial

 14 Reach by reasoning

 15 Big name in beauty

 16 Busy place's buzz

 17 Melted the frost from

 18 Place to train recruits

 20 The Beehive State

 21 "No returns" warning

 22 Region in Russia

 23 Stinky animal

 26 Abhor

 28 Colorado-to-New Mexico direction

 30 P, to Penelope

 31 Youngest March girl

 34 Groups of three

 36 Without a partner

 40 Make one's objection official

 43 Last-place finisher, e.g.

 44 It has no arms or back

 45 "Spectre" star Seydoux

 46 Puppy's bite

 48 Songs for one

 50 Powder type in healthy smoothies

 54 Fair-haired person

 58 Currency in Iran

 59 Dorothy or Lillian of old films

 61 Wheel shaft

 62 Social activity on the slopes ... or a hint to the starts of 18-, 23-, 40- and 54-Across

 64 Capital of the Philippines

 66 Poor grade

 67 Boys' school where "Chariots of Fire" was filmed

 68 One who marks your words?

 69 Trinidad ___ Tobago

 70 Tony winner Daly

 71 Warm and cozy

DOWN

  1 Make sense

  2 Look after

  3 Drug test?

  4 Rags' counterpart

  5 Champs-Elysees, e.g.: Abbr.

  6 Was in charge of

  7 Shoots the breeze

  8 Steer clear of

  9 More relaxed

 10 Kind of farm for children

 11 Lamb Chop's Lewis

 12 Mountain lions

 13 More than enough

 19 Small dome

 21 Web sites?

 24 Exclusive group

 25 Air of mystery

 27 Ankle-deep, say

 29 Owl sounds

 31 Nothing but

 32 (That was some good cud!)

 33 Fabric measures: Abbr.

 35 Not bumpy

 37 ___ change (garage job)

 38 Colorado-to-Manitoba dir.

 39 H, to Helen

 41 Like a slow pace

 42 Preppy shirt

 47 Dirty mess

 49 "That Don't Impress Me Much" singer Twain

 50 Hermes rival

 51 Become yellow, like a banana

 52 Propelled a rowboat

 53 D6 camera brand

 55 Flight attendants point them out

 56 Dole out

 57 Hon

 60 Wavy math function

 63 Hair salon arrangement

 64 Intersected

 65 Fuss

Solution