puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Cleanser target

  5 Ungraceful people

  9 Trial runs

 14 Least great Great Lake, in volume

 15 Fingerprint, say

 16 Force into action

 17 "Hello, it's me," maybe?

 19 Lessen

 20 Get ready to beg for mercy

 21 Horse's morsel

 23 1/640 of a square mile

 24 What pants ought to do, at minimum?

 28 Dressed for graduation

 31 Spanish house

 32 Appear

 33 Well-off

 36 Graceful spirit

 39 Sick child's need, briefly

 40 Tail or paw?

 42 Where to kiss the Blarney Stone: Abbr.

 43 Hawaiian hello

 45 Polynesian dance

 46 Get well

 47 Three squared

 49 GIF or TGIF

 51 Do some careful ironing?

 55 Name hidden in "Yale College"

 56 Period of cultural history

 57 Beyond annoyed

 61 Wall recess for a statue

 63 Humble athlete's award concealment site?

 66 Ancient Mexican

 67 "I saw ___ sitting on a seesaw"

 68 The second "D" in DVD

 69 Rope for catching cattle

 70 Fender flaw

 71 Girl Scout's diagonal band



DOWN

  1 Collection of cards

  2 Persian Gulf nation

  3 Make upset

  4 AT&T, e.g.

  5 Mo. to carve a pumpkin

  6 In the manner of

  7 Commotion

  8 Start to attack

  9 Madre's sister

 10 Diplomat's home

 11 Extraterrestrial being

 12 Fish named for its "four-sided" fins

 13 Icy weather

 18 Untidy one

 22 CBD relative

 25 Aloe ___

 26 "Ethan Frome" author Wharton

 27 Toward the dawn

 28 "Como ___ usted?"

 29 Nickname for Eleanor

 30 Hooks up again

 34 PC's "brain"

 35 Approved for Muslim consumption

 37 Address a deity

 38 Captain's place on a ship

 40 Walking stick

 41 Zip or zoom

 44 Temporary snags

 46 Fast cars

 48 "... ___ he drove out of sight" ("A Visit From St. Nicholas")

 50 Train transit

 51 "Road" in Venice

 52 Early computer therapist

 53 Shaped like a rainbow

 54 Stop for a moment

 58 Continent that the Silk Road crossed

 59 Nickname for Theresa

 60 Draw on metal

 62 Earth-friendly prefix

 64 Frying vessel

 65 Word before "corners" or "costs"

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