Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Tribute with insults

  6 Chest muscles, informally

 10 Prerelease version

 14 Dried chili pepper

 15 Surprising lead-in to "odds"

 16 Hoppy beers, for short

 17 *Metaphorically giddy one (see letters 6 to 10)

 19 Bend in a hose

 20 British noble

 21 Leer at

 22 Blackjack table needs

 23 One may hold your glasses

 25 Slightly open

 27 Devious

 30 *"No need to worry" (5 to 9)

 35 Country with the world's tallest building, briefly

 36 Buddy

 37 "Whatever you say, honey"

 38 What you might do to meat or words

 40 Corn serving

 42 Thick

 43 Nissan sedan

 45 Moon shot org.

 47 LAX estimate

 48 *Art of writing? (3 to 7)

 50 Collection

 51 Soothing succulent

 52 Garment around Steve Nash?

 54 Moxie

 57 Bert who played the Cowardly Lion

 59 Words after an estimate

 63 Final

 64 Dish with numerous meats, or a hint to the starred answers' indicated letters

 66 "___ and out"

 67 Capri or Skye

 68 ___ Bauer

 69 Mexican moola

 70 Nickname that anagrams to "tech"

 71 Teachers write them

DOWN

  1 Harsh voice quality

  2 Introduction to a children's book?

  3 Feeling after a workout

  4 Low on money

  5 In addition

  6 Buddy Holly hit with the lyric "With a love so rare and true"

  7 Malicious

  8 Hot or cold breakfast

  9 Comedy show since '75

 10 40 km part of an Olympic triathlon

 11 One may have a huge cast

 12 Drop dramatically

 13 Queries

 18 Hesitant

 22 Bleak times

 24 Vegan drink

 26 Longtime "American Idol" judge, informally

 27 Cousin of poison ivy

 28 Muhammad's boxing daughter

 29 1983 Streisand film

 31 Manufacturer of the first upright freezer

 32 Ancestry.com analyzes them

 33 Waste maker, in a proverb

 34 Reward for sitting?

 39 Herb in Mexican dishes

 41 It usually includes a mug shot

 44 In the past

 46 Broken bit

 49 Savor

 53 Large crowd

 54 Sty food

 55 Cover, as a cloverleaf

 56 Brings into play

 58 Toll unit for a trucker

 60 Frees (of)

 61 Thin cut

 62 Bravos at a bullfight

 64 Open ___ night

 65 Obtain

Solution

Newspaper headline: Crossword