puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 "The Light We Carry" author Michelle

  6 Stuffed

 10 Runner's circuit

 13 Dads

 14 *Persistent, as an ailment

 15 Utensil brand

 16 What to take when your foe goes low

 18 Long in the tooth

 19 Site of the Norwegian Wood music festival

 20 Day care charges?

 22 Streamer's device, for short

 24 Brief albums, briefly

 26 "... St. ___, I met a man with seven wives" 

 27 Like some vows

 29 Question for a magician

 31 *"Aw, darn!"

 34 Boatloads of

 35 Reuben bread

 37 Bitter brew

 38 *Like roller coasters

 40 Greek wedding cry

 41 Statistic that may go up nine months after a World Cup win

 43 More loyal

 45 Lead actor

 46 Have bills

 47 Meditation poses

 48 Stuck between choices

 50 Hit head-on

 52 They may be checked at the door

 53 Slacks fabric

 55 Rock's Kings of ___

 57 In Buckingham Palace

 58 Times to pop by, and a feature of the starred clues' answers (hint: include two letters below them)

 65 Long, long time

 66 Nonreactive

 67 Smelling stale

 68 Green-lights

 69 ___ a soul

 70 Knight's horse


DOWN

  1 Make a choice

  2 Scrooge's cry

  3 Orangutan, e.g.

  4 Chiefs quarterback Patrick

  5 Yard sale caveat

  6 On behalf of

  7 One, in Spanish

  8 "Eternals" actress McHugh

  9 Certain flat-screen set

 10 Scans the area

 11 Wheel connector

 12 Edamame casings

 14 Prepare firewood

 17 Narrow valley

 21 Michelle character

 22 "Easy there!"

 23 Tailor's changes

 25 Refuge

 26 "Victory is mine!"

 27 Hunks of marble

 28 Study of rulers and division?

 30 Boo-boo

 32 Go-getters, in terms of personality

 33 Applies high heat to

 35 "The Hunger Games" actress, familiarly

 36 They're above cpls.

 39 Shirt smoother

 42 1982 Disney sci-fi film

 44 Weather-related cancellation

 47 "I couldn't agree more!"

 49 "The Thinker" sculptor

 51 Touched down

 53 Egyptian queen, briefly

 54 Catchy part of a song

 56 Measures of resistance

 59 Genetic messenger

 60 Anthem contraction

 61 Act nosy

 62 Employ

 63 GPS offering

 64 Pink Floyd's Barrett

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