Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Used a stopwatch

  6 PlayStations and such

 11 Football six-pointers: Abbr.

 14 Have a loan from

 15 "Farewell, mon ami"

 16 Demings in the House

 17 State seal text

 18 *"Cocoon" Oscar winner (unscramble letters 3 to 5)

 20 *Noted Spanish surrealist (3 to 5)

 22 Haggard of country

 23 Dating profile blurb

 24 Space invaders, briefly

 25 "Here, I don't want this"

 26 Prayer ending

 28 Maker of many arcade classics

 31 Pave the ___

 32 Protected place to moor

 34 No, in Russian

 36 Guy who has transformed ... or any of the starred answers, based on their indicated letters?

 40 Resources that may contain copper

 41 Strip (of)

 44 A round of drinks may go on one

 47 Lead-in to "physics"

 49 Blows away

 50 2004 film set in 2035

 53 Belt maker's tool

 55 Sound from a merino

 56 Validation

 57 *"Jurassic Park" star (2 to 4)

 60 *Gomer Pyle portrayer (3 to 5)

 62 Say "I win, you lose," say

 64 Park in NYC, e.g.

 65 Overcharge by a lot

 66 All together

 67 "Roses are ___ ..."

 68 Trade shows

 69 Carrying cargo

DOWN



  1 Thumb of folklore

  2 WWII flag-raising site

  3 Period of social change named for a hashtag

  4 Jazz great James

  5 Lorna ___

  6 One taking pleasure in pain

  7 Skunk's defense

  8 Boy, in Barcelona

  9 "For" vote

 10 Highest, on a diploma

 11 Squad that films a show

 12 Bushy bloomer

 13 Raining hard?

 19 Cartoon shriek

 21 Biblical peak

 23 Scrooge's exclamation

 25 In a bind?

 27 "Blindspot" network

 29 Deep anxiety

 30 Dark or light bread

 33 Surprised cry

 35 Texter's "More than I care to know!"

 37 Console modeled in a 2020 Lego set

 38 "When They See Us" director DuVernay

 39 Invigorating force?

 42 Maritime shipping channel

 43 LGA baggage screeners

 44 Change collector at a bar

 45 Opposite of depart

 46 Grew rapidly

 48 Any of 11 pharaohs

 51 ___ Appetit

 52 18 or 21, say

 54 Permitted by law

 57 Miso bowlful

 58 Jason's vessel

 59 Ingrid's "Casablanca" role

 61 Check recipient?

 63 What half the letters in "twenty" spell

Solution

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