puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Face-to-face exam

  5 Speedy Amtrak train

 10 "Roger that"

 14 Enticing item in a tackle box

 15 Piglike mammal

 16 Loser in a fabled race

 17 Jane Austen classic, or its heroine

 18 Behave theatrically

 19 Home to roughly 60% of the world's population

 20 Things to which a smartphone user might 59-Across

 23 Challenge in a higher court

 26 Villain's opposite

 27 Complete collection

 28 Soccer great Hamm

 29 Google : Android :: Apple : ___

 31 Manipulate

 33 Things to which a tactful speaker might 59-Across

 38 Band's booking

 39 URL ending for a charity

 40 Eastern way

 42 Things to which a barista might 59-Across

 48 Colombo, ___ Lanka

 49 Early riser?

 50 Also

 51 Possesses

 54 Canned

 57 Dirty political tactics

 59 Change the composition of something

 62 Skater Lipinski

 63 Of the sea's rise and fall

 64 Numbers to crunch

 68 Study in a hurry

 69 Cream of the crop

 70 Unrestricted tournament

 71 URL starter

 72 Stave off

 73 Bit of change


DOWN

  1 Cheer for Real Madrid

  2 Pirate's liquor

  3 Pitcher's asset

  4 Rental agreement

  5 Stuffed oneself

  6 Word after "base" or "summer"

  7 Noteworthy period

  8 Gracefully flexible

  9 Partial floor covering

 10 English fellow

 11 Desert haven

 12 What's always in quotes?

 13 Dough raiser

 21 Hair removal brand

 22 Peter of the Wailers

 23 "Is that true about me?"

 24 ___-Pong

 25 Type of button or room

 30 Old woman's home in a nursery rhyme

 32 Caesar's accusation

 34 They're "inflatable"

 35 Home of Portland and Ashland: Abbr.

 36 Fleecy boots

 37 Nick name?

 41 Locker room smell

 43 Wear out at the edge

 44 Focused intently (on)

 45 Cattle thief

 46 "My treat!"

 47 Letters of distress

 51 Come out of one's shell?

 52 Separately

 53 Jack who ate no fat

 55 Modern tax return option

 56 Britney Spears' "Oops!... I ___ Again"

 58 Critical care M.D.

 60 Bedside light

 61 Tardy

 65 Monkey's relative

 66 Perfect score, or half a score

 67 Industrious insect

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