puzzle

 ACROSS



  1 Pink cocktail, for short

  6 "Deck the Halls" contraction

  9 Cognizant

 14 Far from flushed

 15 Eon's subdivision

 16 Like a jet's boom

 17 Stage presentation about a manicurist?

 20 In check

 21 Drain, as of energy

 22 Crowded convention center, say

 23 "Hanna" star Creed-Miles

 25 Flat-topped landform

 28 Stage presentation with a trio of takeaways?

 34 Pronoun for Batwoman

 35 Bronze component

 36 Bygone Chrysler division named for an explorer

 37 Stop

 40 ___-Magnon

 42 Roadside stopover

 43 "Finally!"

 45 Clean air org.

 47 Uncle, in Uruguay

 48 Stage presentation about a religious service?

 52 Shears sound

 53 Idolize, informally

 54 F1 neighbor

 57 Canada's smallest prov.

 59 Ocean predators

 62 Stage presentation about mountain climbing?

 67 Art class fixture

 68 Lang. with no widely accepted writing system

 69 ___ Martin (007's car)

 70 Poem of lament

 71 Grass grown on a farm

 72 IOUs

DOWN

  1 "Indoor" or "outdoor" pet

  2 Org. that monitors job conditions

  3 Close tightly

  4 The U.S., e.g., to the U.N.

  5 Safe, at the ballpark

  6 Earl Grey, for one

  7 Apt name for a florist or optometrist

  8 Italian sub meat

  9 Inquire

 10 Anguish

 11 Dreamworks' first film (1998)

 12 Puerto ___

 13 Agree with, as sentiments

 18 Citi Field ballplayer, briefly

 19 Buy stuff

 24 Really outstanding

 26 Cherry leftover

 27 Lhasa ___

 28 It's between eta and iota

 29 Gets better

 30 When some right turns are permitted

 31 State-run game

 32 Opted for home cooking

 33 Textspeak for "seize the day"

 34 "Account temporarily suspended" email, usually

 38 Typical teen's talk

 39 "NFL Live" channel

 41 Composer's numbered work

 44 Baloney, or a meat dish

 46 Oscar hopeful

 49 "Aida" and "Carmen"

 50 Airport takeoff area

 51 One way to pay

 54 Fencing sword

 55 Close very tightly

 56 Genitive, for one

 58 "Assuming I'm right ..."

 60 Prefix for "toxin"

 61 Edinburgh native

 63 Barrel with a tap

 64 Practice, as a trade

 65 ___ English Sheepdog

 66 Half of the word "inning"

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