puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Ease up

  6 Blown away

 10 Word after "welcome" or "yoga"

 13 Early wake- up time

 14 Pink, like a steak

 15 "Rocks"

 16 *Goes too far

 19 Baby seals

 20 Sell

 21 Express lane unit

 22 Slice of history

 23 Mr. Rogers' first name

 25 Enjoy some egg rolls

 27 *Herding dog with rough hair

 29 Factions

 33 Ticket parts that might be scrapbooked

 34 Get ready, for short

 37 Be behind on bills

 38 "___ I'm a Cheerleader" (1999 satirical comedy)

 39 ___ Field (home to the Mets)

 40 Chess pieces

 41 Boxer Ali

 43 Train a boxer?

 44 Common retirement spot?

 45 *Chalk drawings on pavement

 47 Legendary people

 49 Knee part: Abbr.

 50 Leave speechless

 52 ___-cone

 53 Painter whose name anagrams to "yoga"

 55 Bluish green

 57 Girl in Edinburgh

 61 *Caused a feeling of irritation

 65 Hash browns ingredient, informally

 66 Competed

 67 Music genre that might give you the feels

 68 Wipe from a chalkboard

 69 Caesar's words to Brutus

 70 "You've ___ your match!"

DOWN

  1 Makes certain

  2 Cameo role

  3 Things that might be on the chopping block?

  4 (Is this thing on?)

  5 Middle of summer?

  6 Curved like a rainbow

  7 Advise of danger

  8 Wear away

  9 ___ Plaines, Illinois

 10 Catcher's catcher

 11 Feeling after leg day

 12 Abound

 17 State confidently

 18 Location

 19 Cat or ferret, e.g.

 23 Calf bones

 24 Begin again

 26 Pain-relieving pill

 28 Creator of a 3D puzzle cube

 30 Sandwich, chips and drink, e.g.

 31 11- or 12-year-old

 32 Puts in the mail

 34 Classic IBM products

 35 Tear

 36 "Wheels down" info: Abbr.

 41 Brand with a green crocodile logo

 42 Not just seasonal

 45 Move like a dog's tail

 46 Ballerina's skirt

 48 Young stallion

 51 Audacity

 52 Cold shower?

 54 "___ boy!"

 56 Butting heads

 58 "Uh ... excuse me"

 59 "___ Places More Than Others" (Renee Watson novel)

 60 Little twerp

 62 Word that establishes consent

 63 Get a lode of this!

 64 Campus email ender

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