puzzle

 ACROSS



  1 *Bottle top

  4 *What might make sparks fly?

  9 *Sepulcher

 13 Locker room smell

 15 Range above baritone

 16 At any point

 17 "Why must you ___ dramatic?"

 18 "___Vision" (Disney+ miniseries)

 19 Grp. with a phonetic alphabet

 20 Eight-bit units

 22 Chevy Tahoe, for one

 23 Sketched

 24 Directed

 25 Fish in some tattoos

 28 Edge of a pants leg

 30 F-, for one

 31 Groups such as Dashboard Confessional

 34 Hair removal option

 36 Hosp. area

 37 Fastens with string

 39 Many vinyls, briefly

 40 1969 LGTBQ+ uprising site ... or any side of this grid, based on a word that can follow each starred answer?

 43 Hit ___ jackpot

 44 Transcript figs.

 45 Mo. before May

 48 Fiddled (with)

 50 Film in which Zachary Quinto played Spock

 53 "___ better to have loved ..."

 54 Unhappy

 56 Sauna site

 57 Ex-quarterback Manning

 58 Selects, with "for"

 60 Irritate

 62 Chopped into cubes

 64 Beehive State

 65 "Waffles + Mochi" host Michelle

 68 Ghostly noise

 69 Encryption system

 70 Mothers of colts

 71 Show about NYC ball culture

 72 *Spot for a sweatband

 73 *Lead-in to "day" or "place"

 74 *Decryption tool

DOWN

  1 *Throw (together)

  2 "Children of Blood and Bone" author Tomi

  3 Position after a Ph.D., for some

  4 Internet cheer hidden in "software"

  5 Salonga who voiced Jasmine and Mulan

  6 Establishments such as 40-Across

  7 "Obviously!"

  8 Journey

  9 Mind, as a bar

 10 Egg cell producers

 11 Space object in a shower

 12 *University in Providence

 14 ___ v. Wade

 21 Jamaican genre

 26 "I'm ___ your tricks!"

 27 Carding, informally

 29 Shopping complex

 32 Like thick eyebrows

 33 Oozes

 35 Tomato impact sound

 38 Hits, like a fly

 41 Concert souvenirs

 42 "Right away!"

 43 Open-faced tortilla dish

 46 Boil in advance, say

 47 Set free

 48 Step carefully

 49 Wicked cool

 51 Wicked cool

 52 *Nephrologist's focus

 53 *Tactile sense

 55 Home of the Burj Khalifa

 59 Strip off, as clothing

 61 Actress Teri

 63 Little demon

 66 Came together

 67 Firepit remnant

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