Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Social delicacy

  5 Member of an enthusiastic club

  8 Public perception

 13 Nebraska home of America's largest indoor rain forest

 15 Falsehood

 16 Church council

 17 Field event with a bar

 19 Opera solos

 20 Without, with "of"

 21 The Bolsheviks ruled after them

 23 Sash at a Japanese tea ceremony

 24 Look over again

 29 ___ up on (unite against)

 31 Hammer end

 32 Nonetheless, briefly

 33 Energy company in a 2001 scandal

 36 Sudden bursts

 39 Magic duo

 42 Like some eggs

 43 Straightforward class

 44 Syr. neighbor

 45 Miss Muffet munchie

 47 Sometimes-pink seasoning

 51 Eco-conscious words on a tuna can

 56 Soapmaking ingredient

 57 Prods

 58 Guitar great Santana

 60 Shops

 62 Of little importance

 65 Alaskan native

 66 Leather tool

 67 Singer Lena

 68 Alex's mom on "Family Ties"

 69 ___ project (rescuing dogs, say, for a dog lover)

 70 Nourish

DOWN

  1 Big wheel

  2 Single-celled creature

  3 Klein of fashion

  4 Nickname hidden in "he's the one"

  5 Bug often caught during a season

  6 Feel crummy

  7 Stinging plant

  8 Newton or Mizrahi

  9 Gift of the Magi

 10 Licorice-flavored liqueur

 11 ___ long way

 12 Some read comics at work: Abbr.

 14 Enthusiastic

 18 Brouhaha

 22 Taste and touch

 25 Second word in a fairy tale, often

 26 Drinking sprees

 27 Chaz Bono's mom

 28 Boxers' victories, for short

 30 Classy dude

 34 New Mexico-to-Minnesota dir.

 35 Like spoiled meat

 37 Tissue layer

 38 Word of regret

 39 Its first syllable aptly sounds like "pay"

 40 Tea flavored with bergamot

 41 Triumphant cry

 42 Auction action

 46 Open, as a purse

 48 Attraction

 49 "Russian Doll" star Natasha

 50 Tried out

 52 D.C. VIP

 53 Cause of careless mistakes

 54 TV monitor?

 55 Apiece

 59 Upper part of the mouth

 60 Hollywood legend West

 61 Everyone

 63 The "O" in IOU

 64 ___-weekly

Solution