Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Vivacious

  5 One may be topped with numbers or figures

  9 Celestial strings

 13 Plant life

 15 Has bills to pay

 16 Lotion additive

 17 Open house features, at times?

 19 Hippie homes

 20 Like holiday hires

 21 Underdog's victory

 22 U-turn from WNW

 23 Many a major paper

 25 Fire remnant

 28 NYC winter time

 30 Part of NIMBY

 31 "___ the season ..."

 34 *Urban pollution (letters 1 to 2 +...)

 36 "America the Beautiful" expanse

 38 Needing to be done ASAP

 40 *Canine, e.g. (... 2 to 5)

 42 **She lived in Eden (1 to 2 + ...)

 44 Market section

 45 Barely manage

 47 **Last word in many books (... 1 to 2)

 49 ***Itchy cat's woe (1 to 2 + ...)

 50 Marina del ___

 51 Do one better than

 53 "You don't say!"

 55 ***Cash dispenser (... 1 to 2)

 56 Put Ajax to work

 58 Dads

 60 Mower's path

 63 People who make the news?

 68 Dobrev or Simone

 69 Like some houses, and a hint to the starred stacked answers' indicated letters

 70 Against

 71 Mathematician Turing

 72 Porcupine's point

 73 ___ pressure

 74 Smartphone message

 75 Like a snail

DOWN

  1 Fizzling sound

  2 French fashion magazine

  3 Hotel unit

  4 Cliche

  5 Pepsi-___

  6 Emmy or Tony

  7 From Nairobi, say

  8 Start to smile?

  9 Upbeat Pharrell Williams hit

 10 "Poor me!"

 11 Took the bus

 12 Exterminator's target

 14 Stood up

 18 It should be free in a democracy

 21 Prefix for "sound"

 24 Poker pot promise

 25 Star-shaped flower

 26 Harmful factory output

 27 Malarkey

 29 ___ time (golf reservation)

 31 Inventor Nikola

 32 Fjord, e.g.

 33 Water vapor

 35 Classic Pontiac

 37 Often-wide st.

 39 Animated internet pic

 41 Rabbit residence

 43 Part of ESL: Abbr.

 46 Also

 48 Train terminal

 52 Lavender color

 54 Nobles above viscounts

 56 Part of a flight

 57 Take a break

 59 What this puzzle's central black squares resemble

 60 ___, Crackle and Pop

 61 Liquid that may be dry

 62 Feed the kitty, in poker

 64 Beer serving

 65 The dark side

 66 City northwest of Las Vegas

 67 Large quantity

 69 Opposite of 14-Down

 

Solution

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