puzzle

ACROSS

  1 National tree of Canada

  6 Reaction to cuteness

  9 Scrape covering

 13 ___ Fools' Day

 14 Stack of papers?

 16 Corridor

 17 Said "dada," for example

 18 Too

 19 Opera solo

 20 Sound such as "Mwahahaha!" (In this answer, see letters 2-6)

 23 Gotten up

 26 "It's cold!"

 27 Number on the back of a dime

 28 What some patients seek before surgery (... letters 3-7)

 32 King Kong, e.g.

 33 Former NBA center Ming

 34 Place to get a massage

 35 Suggest

 38 Experience turbulence, maybe

 40 Got up

 44 Snatch

 46 Brand that used hamsters to sell its Soul

 48 27-Across, in Mexico

 49 Protestant religious organization (... letters 6-10)

 54 Adjacent side/hypotenuse, in trig

 55 "___ to Joy"

 56 Like some water rescues

 57 Looking for a home, or a theme hint

 61 Gumbo vegetable

 62 Double-reed instrument

 63 K'NEX pieces with teeth

 67 Little rascals

 68 Comprehends

 69 Finish by

 70 Impulsive

 71 Swish maker in basketball

 72 ___ Brook, N.Y.


DOWN

  1 Spanish for "more"

  2 Scrabble GO, e.g.

  3 Motion starter?

  4 "Do it this way"

  5 "Stranger Things" character whose name is a number

  6 Depleted Asian sea

  7 ___-done (steak option)

  8 Spicy sushi condiment

  9 Former leader of Iran

 10 Milk container

 11 Mork and E.T., e.g.

 12 Loud, harsh sound

 15 Grieves

 21 Dr. Jones, familiarly

 22 Stagehands

 23 Right away, for short

 24 Towed auto, perhaps

 25 Freezes

 29 Klutz

 30 ___ dot (clothing spot)

 31 Quaker morsel

 36 QB's mistake

 37 Sierra Nevada lake

 39 Yang's opposite

 41 Pronoun for a blended family

 42 Fairy tale beginning

 43 Qatari city by the Persian Gulf

 45 Person with all the sheets

 47 Berry in a purple smoothie

 49 "___, no hands!"

 50 Takes by force

 51 Name on a deli menu

 52 Door joints

 53 Time-sensitive

 54 Group often preached to

 58 Scout's badge holder

 59 Something passed after saying "Psst!"

 60 Exam

 64 Hubbub

 65 Competed in a dash

 66 Spot to serve slop

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