puzzle

 ACROSS



  1 ___ scale, on which talc is a 1

  5 "I'm not done ..."

  9 Dad

 13 Very much

 14 Cross-legged yoga pose

 16 In its current condition

 17 *"Once was enough"

 19 Curling surface

 20 Longtime U.K. record label

 21 Dinner invitation excuse

 23 "My dear ___" (old letter opener)

 25 *"Rocky" theme song

 28 Fuss

 29 Cultivating tool

 30 "Pea soup" weather

 31 *Approve officially

 35 Human rights activist Clooney

 39 Lord Voldemort, to Harry Potter

 40 23andMe molecule

 41 The ")" in :-)

 42 Water-resistant cover

 43 *"See what I'm saying?"

 45 Small battery size

 48 ___ ball (complete miss)

 49 Cable box, for short

 50 *Like a rising star

 55 One may wear a wire

 56 Soccer move involving a spin

 57 Hoppy beer initials

 59 Superfan descriptor

 60 What you'll be after reading the starts of the starred entries?

 65 Plateau relative

 66 Perfectly pitched

 67 Capital of Norway

 68 When Caesar said "Et tu, Brute?"

 69 Do, re or mi

 70 Spread, as an aroma

DOWN

  1 "Geez!"

  2 World Cup cheer

  3 Prepare to click on, perhaps

  4 Thorny rose part

  5 Order ___ carte

  6 A hiker might sit on one

  7 White shirt woe

  8 Board with four vowels

  9 Beer pong, e.g.

 10 Like sushi and chow mein

 11 Burrito bean variety

 12 Off-center

 15 Tobacco in a box

 18 Southpaw's counterpart

 22 ___-mo

 23 Bob of stand-up

 24 "Let It Go" singer Menzel

 26 "I have an idea!"

 27 Like a partner who constantly texts you

 32 Fried Spanish street food

 33 Activist Yoko

 34 Hawaii's "Garden Isle"

 36 Not-so-spicy dip

 37 MLB award that Mike Trout won in 2014 and 2016

 38 Cautious

 41 Golfer Garcia

 44 Spiny fish part

 46 Follow : Twitter :: ___ : Snapchat

 47 Squirrel's nut

 50 "Fifth taste" in MSG

 51 Unlike a dirt road

 52 Come up

 53 It makes a cook cry

 54 Masculine to the max

 58 Post-blizzard vehicle

 61 Caboodle go-with

 62 Hwy. such as 66

 63 ___ on the Shelf

 64 Period

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