puzzle

ACROSS

  1 See 6-Across

  6 With 1-Across, genie containers

 11 Pick pockets, e.g.

 14 Fake identity

 15 Plain writing

 16 "The other" alternative

 17 Lead singer of the Go-Go's (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 2)

 20 "Dear ___ Hansen"

 21 90 degrees on a compass

 22 Cafeteria stack

 23 Soup legume

 25 Thanksgiving dessert

 26 Bourgeois (first 2 letters + last 2)

 33 Freight

 37 Common Seattle forecast

 38 Wheel connector

 39 The "E" of the lake acronym HOMES

 40 Pharaohs' resting places

 41 Gas in many a "Cocktails" sign

 42 Simba or Aslan

 43 24/7 unit

 44 Summed

 45 Toss aside, perhaps? (first 2 letters + last 2)

 48 Line of seats

 49 Nautical navigation aids

 54 Rhyming nickname for a longtime Britcom

 57 "Mamma Mia" group

 60 Greiner of "Shark Tank"

 61 1999 Winona Ryder psychodrama, and a theme hint

 64 Barely get by, with "out"

 65 Hot rod fuel, briefly

 66 Glowed

 67 "What did I tell you?"

 68 Venetian blind parts

 69 Asks for ID


DOWN

  1 Clothing tag

  2 Pain relief brand

  3 Italian home of La Scala

  4 Work with watercolors

  5 Tax form ID

  6 Movie-rating org. renamed in 2019

  7 Parentheses' shapes

  8 Trendy yoga animal

  9 Tel Aviv's country: Abbr.

 10 Boston NBA player

 11 Civil rights leader Parks

 12 Nothing but

 13 The birds and the ___

 18 Where heros are made

 19 Where to kiss the Blarney Stone

 24 Texter's "If you ask me ..."

 25 Authors

 27 Respond like Pavlov's dogs

 28 Stop the flow of

 29 Fall zodiac sign

 30 Gave the heave-ho

 31 ___ gin (fruity liqueur)

 32 Word by Outlook's paper plane icon

 33 Amoeba, basically

 34 Solo at an opera house

 35 Laugh-fest

 36 Colin Powell was a four-star one

 40 Start to melt

 44 Volcanic output

 46 Birds that are signs of spring

 47 Mark for life

 50 Top dog

 51 Chopper blade

 52 Dominate Twitter

 53 Entree add-ons

 54 Matures

 55 Tour de France ride

 56 At no cost

 57 "___ boy!" ("Well done, son!")

 58 Ernie's pal

 59 Guy friends

 62 It's nothing

 63 UCLA rival

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