puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Having the means

  5 DEF lead-in

  8 Bathtub part

 13 Some "Downton Abbey" attendants

 15 Karen Lynch of CVS, for one

 16 Salary increase

 17 Sauce brand whose name translates to "you're welcome"

 18 Entered the race

 19 Fund

 20 *Beneath a bit of muesli?

 23 Stay ___ (don't move)

 24 Barbecue coating

 25 Slot machine lever

 26 On vacation

 29 *One who walks around spraying people with a garden hose?

 33 Top-tier

 34 At a reduced price

 35 Unattributed, for short

 38 Cul-de-___

 40 Chandler of "Friday Night Lights"

 41 Like some car windows

 44 Fish with a brook variety

 47 *Place to shed layers at a Zoom nightclub?

 51 Venmo funds to

 52 ___ Spiegel (German news magazine)

 53 "___ never too late ..."

 54 "Terrif!"

 56 *Egg dish that makes people fall in love?

 59 Type of headache

 62 ___ Lankan

 63 Boxer Ali with a 24-0 record

 64 Think the world of

 65 Bit of wordplay

 66 Shaped like a parenthesis

 67 Its chemical formula hints at the letter change behind each starred clue's answer

 68 Texting format, for short

 69 Citi Field team

DOWN

  1 Really energize

  2 Bailey's circus partner

  3 Verbally deceived

  4 Living on the ___

  5 Cirque du Soleil stars, e.g.

  6 Boyfriend

  7 Lauren of "Laguna Beach"

  8 "You could never!"

  9 Rave's partner

 10 Assistance

 11 One-on-one situation in b-ball

 12 Never seen before

 14 Horse color rhyming with "moral"

 21 "___!!! on Ice" (anime series)

 22 "... ish"

 26 Just fine

 27 Tumbled

 28 Like a giveaway

 30 Large Starbucks size

 31 "Cool beans!"

 32 Invite as a plus-one for

 35 Resting on

 36 Activist Simone

 37 Exclusively

 39 Dried fruits that might sweeten a salad

 42 Software buyer, often

 43 Profound

 45 Name that sounds like a car

 46 Disney villain inspired by the drag queen Divine

 48 Potato chips, to a Londoner

 49 Workplace

 50 Whac-A-Mole whacker

 55 Moccasin decorations

 56 Relative of a remedy

 57 Snare or bongo

 58 Barn's location

 59 Understood

 60 Journalist Wells

 61 Last but ___ least

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