Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Gets closer to

  6 URL opener

 10 Chops (off)

 14 Printer brand

 15 Most populous four-letter state

 16 "By yesterday!"

 17 *Solo player in "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (see letters 6 to 9)

 19 Teenage bane

 20 Mimic

 21 Bundles of bills

 22 Comfort

 24 What creditors do

 26 Accompanying

 28 Participated in a regatta

 29 *Large animals in southeast Asia (3 to 7)

 32 Trendy dispensary initials

 33 Make a mistake

 34 Place to play the ponies, briefly

 35 Tool whose name consists of two words meaning "cut"

 39 Eventually

 42 "I don't care which one"

 43 Edge of a glass

 45 "Parks and ___" (Amy Poehler series, to fans)

 46 *Current set of circumstances (9 to 14)

 53 One ethnic group in Vietnam

 54 Pest with wings

 55 Double-reeded woodwind

 56 More towering

 58 Bread often rises in one

 60 Spoil

 61 ___ vera

 62 Advantageous position in some races, and a hint to the starred answers' indicated letters

 65 Bookings for a band

 66 Phony

 67 Jerks poured them

 68 Puts into words

 69 "I agree 100%," in internet slang

 70 Arterial implant

DOWN

  1 Kathmandu citizen

  2 Anaphylaxis treatment

  3 Move up

  4 Mythical bird

  5 Need for a white Christmas

  6 Outerwear with drawstrings

  7 Prickly plant

  8 "___ better to have loved ..."

  9 Indoor plants' places

 10 Yellow Teletubby

 11 Big props for a movie?

 12 Italian bacon

 13 Goes past fast

 18 Controversial backyard projectile

 23 "Those fireworks are so pretty!"

 25 "Vice" subject Cheney

 27 Word on either matching towel, for some couples

 30 Six-pack muscles

 31 Proportionately distributed

 35 Twitter symbols

 36 Humanity's kingdom

 37 Study of cells

 38 "Bridesmaids" star Kristen

 40 Queens MLB player

 41 Amazon smart speaker

 44 Snowboard relative

 47 Except if

 48 18, for Billie Eilish

 49 Military forces in shipshape condition?

 50 Grate against

 51 "Babe" director Chris

 52 Absolutely abhor

 57 Disagreement

 59 Noted loch

 63 "I'd rather not"

 64 Parking ___

 

Solution

 
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