Puzzle



ACROSS

  1 Brief arguments

  6 "___ Wong: Hard Knock Wife"

  9 What's always handmade?

 13 Imam's god

 14 Go down like a stone

 16 Bound along

 17 Be dishonest with

 18 Chesterfield or settee

 19 Hardly at all

 20 *City between Dallas and Little Rock

 23 Nine-digit ID source

 24 Delivery from Santa

 25 Chicago winter hrs.

 26 *North African city near a Mediterranean gulf

 32 Design problem

 35 Santa ___, California

 36 Friendly relations

 37 Shoestring

 38 Sierra pickup truck maker

 40 ___ Stanley Gardner

 41 Noisy accessory for a car

 43 Honey Graham ___

 45 Afflicts

 46 *City known for its bamboo-shaped skyscraper

 50 Cellular data transmitter?

 51 A chef may oil one

 52 Communication syst. for the deaf

 55 Enjoy a warm drink in England, and a phonetic hint to the starred answers' initials

 60 Conceal

 61 Exam for a H.S. junior, perhaps

 62 Fanatical

 63 Way, way off

 64 Tattle

 65 Astound

 66 Arm or leg

 67 "Gemini Man" director Ang

 68 Excited, with "up"

DOWN

  1 Preserves, as pork

  2 Tissue layers

  3 Voice-activated assistant

  4 British "Bye!"

  5 Puzzling sound?

  6 Gauging the purity of

  7 Animal with a mane

  8 Actually

  9 Linen source

 10 Tiniest bit

 11 Places to wear avocado face masks

 12 Kind of talk that's videoed

 15 Chicken ___ (Japanese dish with panko crumbs)

 21 Hawaiian coffee district

 22 Sicily's highest volcano

 26 Dweeb

 27 Pago Pago's place

 28 "Er ..."

 29 Voice-activated assistant

 30 "___ be a cold day ..."

 31 Roll call affirmatives

 32 Neither sharp nor on key

 33 In ___ land

 34 Trendy berry

 39 Smoked pepper in Mexican cuisine

 42 Insignificant

 44 Deal a crushing blow to?

 47 Not suitable

 48 Mortarboard attachment

 49 Jacket similar to a parka

 52 Cornered

 53 Take forcibly

 54 Stored on board

 55 LP player

 56 "Madam, I'm ___" (classic palindrome)

 57 Hop, skip or jump, perhaps?

 58 Lacking color

 59 Notability

 60 "2001: A Space Odyssey" computer

Solution