puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Get-together, slangily

  5 Studied (up)

 10 Santa ___ Beach Boardwalk

 14 "That's hilarious!"

 15 Winning slightly

 16 Vacuum extension

 17 Name hidden in "hypnotist"

 18 Heart-to-hearts

 20 Salon request that hints at the letters to write (or imagine) above the starred clues' answers

 22 Safe job, say?

 23 Android alternative

 24 Keys in

 26 Makes an offer

 28 Looking at

 32 Lead-in to "back" or "foot"

 35 High beams display?

 38 Orangutan, for one

 39 With 59-Across, another theme-appropriate salon request

 41 Spanish shout of support

 42 Situation that's really out of control

 44 Word after "life" or "time"

 45 Gymnastics moves requiring flexible legs

 46 Huff and puff

 49 The "N" of TNT

 52 Afternoon refresher

 56 Apple desktops

 59 See 39-Across

 61 One who searches for bugs

 63 Marshmallowy Easter treat

 64 Privy to

 65 Connect with

 66 It might be lesser or necessary

 67 Grand totals

 68 Twenty-fifths of quarters

 69 Refute

DOWN

  1 Japanese paper screen

  2 *Put in the microwave, say

  3 ___ kebab

  4 "No question!"

  5 *Shared a border with

  6 Abbr. next to 0, on an old phone

  7 Tag player's words

  8 Them, to us

  9 *Metaphorical lightbulb

 10 Gruyere and gorgonzola

 11 Indian flatbread

 12 *Deceptive schemes

 13 Shavings in marmalade

 19 "___ here!" ("Our guests have arrived!")

 21 Young Skywalker's nickname

 25 Banana "wrapper"

 27 Moved on ice

 29 All-day breakfast spot

 30 Crescent City, for short

 31 Pioneering journalist Ifill

 32 Some are checked at airports

 33 Each

 34 "It's been ___!"

 36 Put away some groceries?

 37 Train destination

 39 Sculptor or singer

 40 At sea

 43 Low-tech mobile phones?

 44 Brewed, as tea

 47 Houston baseball players

 48 Medical research org.

 50 Word War II riveter

 51 Time and again

 53 "12 Years a Slave" director McQueen

 54 Front-wheel alignment

 55 Exert

 56 Sacred bird of Egypt

 57 It may be written daily on a chalkboard

 58 Bit of matter

 60 Boba ___ of "Star Wars"

 62 "... you get the picture": Abbr.

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