puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Purple hue

  6 CAPTCHA target

  9 Morsel added to sour cream

 14 Puccini production

 15 Gun, as an engine

 16 Gave a job to

 17 Say "The secret herbs should be kept secret. Also, get a better skillet," maybe

 20 Summer hrs. in NYC

 21 4.0, e.g.

 22 Longtime ISP

 23 Cruise ship facility

 24 Say "This meat is dry as the Sahara. It deserves a Grade F," maybe

 27 Young 'un

 30 Lead-in to "state" or "cycle"

 31 Miles away

 35 Plannin' to

 37 A big one may be rabid

 38 Really love

 39 Vow made under a chuppah

 40 Docs-to-be

 43 Lubricate

 44 "Barbie's middle name is Millicent," e.g.

 46 Late time to cram

 48 Place to fire a pot

 49 One busting a pusher

 50 Earn an elbowing from your bedmate

 53 Got a big hit in baseball

 56 This hint, for one

 57 Grp. named after a continent

 59 Slaw, say, for ribs

 60 Clear the ___

 61 Complaining

 63 Metal container

 64 Pellets used as ammo

 65 Carry out, as the law

 66 "___ a deal!"

 67 Command to Fido

 68 "I'm thinking ..."

 69 Revolutionary Guevara


DOWN

  1 Unhurried gait

  2 Alternative to Microsoft's Surface

  3 Period after Mardi Gras

  4 Bark noise

  5 It's held in the hold

  6 Nursed

  7 "Non-fungible" was added to it in Dec. 2021

  8 Old-school spot for a VCR and an NES

  9 Neighbor of Peru

 10 Hawaiian Punch rival

 11 Bothers

 12 POTUS's backup

 13 "Giant" writer Ferber

 18 90 Minute ___ (Dogfish Head brew)

 19 Weeding tool

 24 Stimpy's pal

 25 Knightsbridge streetcar

 26 It's big for a little while

 27 Cry after a long week

 28 Jedi teacher

 29 Say "The casing is way too tough. The Germans would be appalled," maybe

 32 Restaurant reviewer, and this puzzle's inspiration

 33 La Scala solo

 34 Trust, with "on"

 36 Skating medalist Ohno

 38 Indian tea region

 41 Bars on a phone?

 42 Condemn

 45 Scrabble piece

 47 Very, in French

 50 Strikebreakers

 51 Suspect's excuse

 52 Elevator passage

 53 Ones named in wills

 54 Name within "credit history"

 55 Packed tightly

 58 Actress Mireille

 61 Voice actor Blanc

 62 "My goodness!"

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