puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 George Takei's husband

  5 Most-grown apple variety in the U.S.

  9 Recuperates

 14 Deliver a dull speech to, say

 15 Bits of binary code

 16 Improbable victory

 17 Smart breakfast grains?

 19 Biscayne Bay city

 20 ___ out (secretly observed)

 21 Number of Canadian provinces

 23 "Are you serious?!"

 24 Smart Thanksgiving side?

 27 "Not this again!"

 30 Pull

 31 Constricting creature

 32 Response to a sneeze

 35 Looking stylish

 39 Currency in Finland

 40 UV-blocking stat

 42 Princess who became a Jedi

 43 Queens' domains

 46 Alternative to a fast pitch?

 49 Mass, e.g., in Boston

 50 48-Down genre

 51 Biden's home state: Abbr.

 52 Smart dairy slice?

 58 16, for 32

 59 Its nail may be polished

 60 Devil, in Spanish

 64 Like owls and orioles

 66 Grub that keeps you smart, and a theme hint

 68 Publicly condemn

 69 Take the bait

 70 Like food truck orders

 71 Foe

 72 Gen Zer's excited exclamation

 73 Relative of a Heath bar


DOWN

  1 Occasions for outdoor smoking, briefly?

  2 Win, and then some

  3 Diva's showpiece

  4 Dealers shuffle them

  5 Heroic fellow

  6 Santa ___ winds

  7 "Lady Bird" actor Tracy

  8 CIA informant

  9 Play a kazoo

 10 Spectacular blunders

 11 "Same for me"

 12 Car to watch out for?

 13 What a honeybee can do just once

 18 Romantic poet John

 22 Worn-down pencils

 25 They may be inflated or fragile

 26 Stylish dresser

 27 Ride app

 28 "Krazy" substance

 29 Juno, to the Greeks

 33 Green field?

 34 Increases

 36 Social media display

 37 Lodge, as a complaint

 38 Pronoun in Texas

 41 Explorer SUV maker

 44 NBA VIP

 45 One may form after a schism

 47 Trendy slimming strategy

 48 "5 O'Clock" singer

 52 Subtle criticism

 53 Refuge

 54 Restaurateur in an Arlo Guthrie song

 55 Brewing beer or collecting coins, e.g.

 56 Spine-chilling

 57 Castaways' constructions

 61 Reserve on Vrbo

 62 Business card image

 63 Smell of a teen's room, say

 65 The Bronx Bombers, on scoreboards

 67 Cleaned your plate

solution