Puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Badly off base, briefly

  5 "SNL" alum Oteri

 10 Dorothy's dog

 14 "Will you let me?"

 15 Televised

 16 You might preheat it

 17 Rain on one's parade?

 19 "If I ___ you ..."

 20 Word before "mill" or "wool"

 21 General ___ chicken

 22 Upper arm muscles, informally

 23 Tibetan monk

 25 Polaris, for one

 27 One may hold a TV dinner

 31 Luxury German vehicles

 35 Pirate's drink

 36 "Boo'd Up" singer Mai

 37 France's Emmanuel

 38 Not yet eliminated

 40 Present, for the verb "present"

 42 "Citizen ___"

 43 Druids and Wiccans

 45 $$$ dispensers

 47 Actress Farrow

 48 Plagiarized

 49 Crime scene clue left by a vehicle

 51 Ness, for one

 53 "Got it!"

 54 Rorschach test image

 57 Like Death Valley

 59 Ties, as the score

 63 Tomato type

 64 Solution for someone who's stuck in the past?

 66 Cain's brother

 67 Budget-conscious prefix

 68 "A ___ formality!"

 69 One may influence eye color

 70 Monopoly payments

 71 Nudge

DOWN



  1 Play parts

  2 Crosswalk verb

  3 Start of many a story

  4 Probable

  5 Cable ___ (San Francisco ride)

  6 In the strike zone

  7 Big band and disco, in music history

  8 Rest

  9 That is, to Cicero

 10 One may pull an Escape

 11 Higher than

 12 Garr or Hatcher

 13 Least valuable U.S. bills

 18 Bring cheer to

 24 "Happy Days" ice-cream drinks

 26 Great bond rating

 27 Sets off, as a fire alarm

 28 Charge toward

 29 Buddy, in Baja California

 30 Island west of Maui

 32 Comedy counterpart

 33 Type of column

 34 Quarterback ___

 37 Viral videos, e.g.

 39 Fishy story

 41 Like grating noise

 44 Classical beginning?

 46 Take the helm

 49 Not just two times

 50 Give a new look to

 52 Seek to please, with "to"

 54 What many parents do about their kids?

 55 Brain section

 56 Sign for the superstitious

 58 "That's my cue!"

 60 On any occasion

 61 He "fiddled" while Rome burned

 62 Vehicle rarely seen in the summer

 65 How-___ (instructional books)

Solution