puzzle

 ACROSS



  1 Angry

  4 "___ the word!"

  8 Cover up, as a gift

 12 Like the coolest coffee?

 14 Devoured, literally or figuratively

 16 A bad argument might have one

 17 Indian garment worn with a choli

 18 Fit for a queen

 19 Legendary

 20 Pompous tyrant

 22 Michigan, e.g., in Chicago: Abbr.

 23 "Fancy" country singer

 24 "Checkmate," essentially

 26 Entered gradually

 28 Swarmed

 32 German for "the"

 33 Bottom-heavy fruit

 34 First South American city to host the Olympics

 35 "Time to kick my shoes off!"

 39 Environmental activist Brockovich

 40 ___ for the ride

 42 Good bills for a vending machine

 43 Scholarship funders

 45 Got onto the ballot

 46 "Yeah, I'll pass"

 47 Place for a pint

 48 Perfectly clean

 50 They make records

 54 Desertlike

 55 Start of many a French bistro name

 56 Popular chat room platform, once

 58 Parentheticals in a play

 62 Cracker brand used for some casseroles

 63 Get overwhelmed, so to speak

 65 Nerve

 66 Shawkat of "Arrested Development"

 67 Person who never complains

 68 "Ish"

 69 Desserts eaten on 3/14

 70 Dough for a deal?

 71 Fresh

DOWN

  1 Light spray

  2 Dark berry

  3 Laura of "Marriage Story"

  4 Notable New Orleans necklace

  5 Intermountain West tribe

  6 Big: Prefix

  7 Smooth and charming

  8 Question a college-bound senior might ask

  9 Dragged (into)

 10 "I was solving a crossword when it happened," e.g.

 11 Nut found in turtles

 13 Certain frozen foods with crusts

 15 Claim you had no idea

 21 "Queen Sugar" channel

 25 Actor ___ Patrick Harris

 27 Frodo's companion

 28 "Mummified," like a house

 29 Savior

 30 Prince's "Purple ___"

 31 Metaphorical opportunities

 36 "This round's ___"

 37 Gendered fashion label?

 38 Those, in Toledo

 41 Cabbage type often used in kimchi

 44 Word after "back" ... or before "elbows"

 49 "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift song)

 50 Extra piece

 51 Stew often topped with sour cream

 52 Fix, as laces

 53 "Ish"

 57 Bird on a Canadian coin

 59 "Oh, shoot!"

 60 If not

 61 Poky

 64 Cleverness

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