puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Dined

  4 Bat wood

  7 Shar ___ (wrinkly dog)

 10 Kitchen meas.

 13 Was a segue for

 15 Liquor in a pina colada

 16 Steamy, or dreamy

 17 14-Down's lover, in a medieval story

 18 8-Down's lover, in a Greek myth

 20 Not tricked by

 21 Hair goo

 23 Pine (for)

 24 Rodeo rope

 26 Like a 2020 calendar, in two ways

 27 Loses, as one's coat

 30 Gin's partner

 32 It doesn't stand for "any time money"

 34 Sharpens

 35 Word between "no" and "luck"

 36 To and ___

 37 Summer mo. with no federal holidays

 38 This puzzle's has a bonus if you read the letters where the lovers cross in order by column

 40 Tit for ___

 41 "___: Vegas" (2021 TV reboot)

 42 Kind of Japanese beef

 43 Choose by a vote

 45 "Jeopardy!" legend Jennings

 46 Surrounded by

 48 What erasers often leave, ironically

 49 42-Down's lover, in "Hunger Games" books

 51 47-Down's lover, in a 1920s novel

 53 Tilted, to a Brit

 54 City east of KC

 55 Comfort

 59 Soldier with a sword, say

 61 Yosemite Falls' range, informally

 63 Latish lunch hour

 64 Mermaid's home

 65 Person playing low notes

 66 Takeoff guess at JFK

 67 Common ID

 68 Football gains: Abbr.

 69 "It all makes sense now!"

DOWN

  1 High male voice

  2 Gull's relative

  3 Rewrite, perhaps

  4 Tiny colony member

  5 Deer also called bucks

  6 Perfectly frank

  7 Gamer who was once a noob

  8 Lover of 18-Across

  9 Accuse, as an officeholder

 10 Subsequently

 11 One plays in "Toy Story 4"

 12 Quart divisions, briefly

 14 Lover of 17-Across

 19 It may have a wide brim

 22 Remaining details

 25 Animal that brays

 27 Rough home

 28 Kitchen pot filler that isn't cooked

 29 Designed

 31 ___ Lock (computer key)

 33 Applesauce maker

 38 Ketchup ingredients

 39 "The Sopranos" network, once

 42 Lover of 49-Across

 43 Long dash lengths

 44 Sections of cakes

 47 Lover of 51-Across

 50 Bodily canal site

 52 Trojan War epic

 56 Cantata solo

 57 Pageant garment

 58 "Como ___?"

 59 Grief

 60 Did a marathon

 62 Letter with two curves

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