puzzle

ACROSS

 1  Some final resting places

  6 Heston film "El ___"

  9 Synagogue necessity

 14 Alaskan boat

 15 Lobsters-to-be, perhaps

 16 Shun, as responsibility

 17 Like a good shortstop

 18 Hold the deed

 19 More adorable

 20 Medieval security person?

 23 Preventer of forest fires?

 24 Reliable riser

 25 Bottom line

 28 About

 31 Casual eatery

 36 Carmelo Anthony?

 39 Chocolate substitute

 40 Like some hands

 41 Snow conveyances

 43 Houston university

 44 Historical memento

 46 Removes lint from a sweater?

 48 Quavering sounds

 50 Paint can instruction

 51 Hurricane core

 52 Clumsy clod

 54 "The Matrix" hero

 56 Got exclusive store discounts?

 64 Soak up knowledge

 65 Music since the '40s

 66 MGM mogul

 67 Absurd

 68 Deception

 69 New moon, e.g.

 70 In shape

 71 "To ___ is human ..."

 72 "Yum!"

DOWN

 1  Istanbul inhabitant

  2 Arab League member

  3 Type of mart

  4 Hanging loosely, as pants

  5 Abdul-Jabbar's trademark shot

  6 Humble one's meal?

  7 Corn-growing state

  8 Auto body damages

  9 "Poly" follower

 10 Egg

 11 Pro ___ (in proportion)

 12 Yemen port

 13 Girl's pronoun

 21 Players take them

 22 Baby bear

 25 Pants alternative, for some

 26 Lead-in for "line" or "mine"

 27 Vanilli's lip-syncing partner

 29 Kind of vaccine

 30 Telltale signs

 32 Hindu woman's dress

 33 Brief space of time

 34 Stallone role

 35 Corpulent

 37 Top off a room

 38 Work to shape a film

 42 Undercover operation

 45 Earned a dunce cap

 47 Replace in the schedule

 49 "Cheers" character

 53 Aesop's specialty

 55 Brando's birthplace

 56 Casino attraction

 57 Indian bread

 58 Coastal raptor

 59 Dark film genre

 60 Sincere flatterer?

 61 Young hawk

 62 Home on a branch

 63 Four's inferior

 64 Got the fire started

solution