Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Actress ___ Naomi King

  4 Gunk on a log

  7 "Just can't help myself!"

 13 Container that's a conjunction backward

 14 "That was close!"

 16 Place to reflect?

 17 Start

 19 Polite request

 20 ___ pole (Tlingit carving)

 21 Lauder of cosmetics

 23 A.L. players who only bat

 24 Pie-mode connector

 26 Medic's system

 28 Yukon XL automaker

 31 Confused

 33 Late-night coffee choice

 36 Cheer-leader's cry

 37 Bit of wisdom

 38 Wall St. institution

 39 Dunkable treats

 41 Molecule that's a conjunction backward

 42 Anne of "Donnie Brasco"

 43 Fishing spot

 44 Actor Nick

 46 Conducted

 47 Stand for an artist

 49 Inbox item

 50 Slow starter?

 51 Go by

 53 Tax deadline mo., usually

 55 ATM requirement

 57 Big name in electric cars

 59 Bothersome

 63 Fly

 65 Old Chevy that was part car, part pickup

 67 Jamaican ___ steak

 68 Zesty flavor

 69 Zag's partner

 70 Evaluate

 71 180 degrees from SSW

 72 JFK guess

DOWN

  1 Fighting

  2 Jupiter's wife

  3 Somewhat

  4 Get some pool practice? (see letters 7 to 4)

  5 "I knew it!"

  6 Buttigieg who ran for president

  7 JFK Library architect

  8 Balm source in Genesis

  9 Valuable deposit

 10 Fluctuations in the economy (6 to 2)

 11 Wailers member Peter

 12 Greek god of war

 15 Breakfast dish with ham and bell peppers (11 to 7)

 18 Lipton brew

 22 Carol refrain

 25 Downed a sub, say?

 27 Hereditary factor

 28 Feel for a light switch

 29 Menounos or Shriver

 30 Popular snack crackers (9 to 6)

 32 Grief

 34 Fireplace remnants

 35 Fuels

 40 Dodgers pitching great Hershiser

 42 Useful part of a website (6 to 2)

 45 Aunt, in Acapulco

 48 Modern art venues?

 52 Contemporaries

 54 Sleep lab acronym

 55 Dad

 56 Currier's partner

 58 Actor Alda

 60 XL, for instance

 61 Weave together

 62 Downward dog activity

 64 Imitate

 66 Blitzer's employer

 

Solution

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