puzzle

ACROSS

  1 "Is it necessary for me to do this?"

  6 Zilch

 10 Life story, in brief

 13 Remove, as a dowel

 14 Broken mirrors, to some

 16 Perlman of "Hellboy"

 17 Point a univ. teacher in another direction?

 19 Shoo-___ (easy winners)

 20 Give off

 21 LiMu ___ (insurance mascot)

 22 Less-common belly button type

 24 Treaty between peace-hating countries?

 28 Poet's before

 30 Luxury purse monogram

 31 Dedicated poems

 32 "Social contract" philosopher John

 34 "Eureka!"

 35 "What's the big ___?"

 39 One making jokes at a farmer's market?

 43 Salicylic acid target

 44 Envision

 45 Hall of Fame pitcher Martinez

 46 Noteworthy periods

 48 Word after "cutie" or "coconut cream"

 50 ___ Taylor (clothing chain)

 51 Like a cash register that can break 5s and 10s?

 56 ___ apso

 57 Quaint lodging

 58 Poet Whitman

 61 It gives a rower power

 62 Talkie predecessor, and a hint to understanding this puzzle's theme

 66 Throw on the floor, say?

 67 Follow an outline

 68 Scent

 69 The "A" in IPA

 70 Mellowed, like wine

 71 PC storage medium, once


DOWN

  1 Silence, as on Zoom

  2 E pluribus ___

  3 Mostly green soda container

  4 Bowler's final frame

  5 French Open champion 

  6 Usual

  7 French for "love"

  8 "Fer shure!"

  9 DiFranco

 10 Big name in water filtration

 11 Type of bond or column

 12 Earliest phase

 15 Vermont ski resort

 18 Church seating

 23 Positive part of a situation

 25 Sized up

 26 NYC neighborhood above Canal Street

 27 Sandler of "Uncut Gems"

 28 Anna's sister in "Frozen"

 29 Campus cadet org.

 33 Prepares to propose, perhaps

 34 Top gun

 36 Kindly helped out

 37 Make, as money

 38 Quotation book abbr.

 40 Org. with U-2s and B-52s

 41 Chilean cash

 42 Fencing blade

 47 Cook, like chestnuts

 48 Wrote

 49 Ain't another way?

 51 ___ and fauna

 52 Self-mover's rental

 53 Size for fries

 54 Sister's daughter

 55 Love, with "the"

 59 Long car that might have a bar

 60 ___ spirit

 63 Nest egg type

 64 Online gaming annoyance

 65 ___ and cheese

solution