puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 "Becoming" author Michelle

  6 Hot tub feature

  9 One is full of garbage

 13 Violinist's block

 14 Sound within "Tabernacle Choir"

 16 October birthstone

 17 Live and breathe

 18 "Is it really necessary?"

 20 Period of intense competition

 22 Feel bad about

 23 That guy

 24 ___ Equis

 25 Inclined (to)

 28 Lacking color

 31 "What's ___ to like?"

 33 Black and Red

 35 Compensation to an intermediary

 40 Capital on a fjord

 41 Kerfuffle

 42 Prepares to shoot a basket

 43 Panel that discusses a product

 47 Highway entrance or exit

 48 Mom and pop org.?

 49 Habeas corpus, for one

 51 Catch some rays

 52 Dating profile datum

 55 Online convo parts

 57 Sports ___ (jogging garment)

 59 What a quarterback shouldn't do

 64 Race against the clock

 65 Fairy-tale creature who says the starts of 20-, 35-, 43- and 59-Across

 68 Cookie Cobblestone ice cream brand

 69 Tennis match subdivisions

 70 World's second most populous country

 71 Take a breather

 72 "Get it?"

 73 Chavez honored with a national holiday

DOWN

  1 Miner's discovery

  2 Word with "music" or "voice"

  3 "In your dreams!"

  4 Penny-pincher

  5 Pay for a poker hand

  6 Foe of the Sith

  7 Demand elasticity's subj.

  8 Chicken serving

  9 Bird that might be white

 10 Topple

 11 Bread served during Passover

 12 Ruses

 15 "Sure, whatever!"

 19 Knight's getup

 21 Like many sign language users

 25 Starting from

 26 100 centavos

 27 Soft mineral

 29 "That isn't true!"

 30 Fund

 32 Former resident of Russia's Winter Palace

 34 Progresso product

 36 Gloomy

 37 Italian automaker

 38 Political activist Goldman

 39 "SportsCenter" channel

 44 Circus prop

 45 Some play "Valorant"

 46 ___ Xtra (soft drink)

 50 Like "Romeo and Juliet"

 52 Caption on a flattering picture, perhaps

 53 ___ dog (service animal)

 54 "Saturday Night Live" has 71 of them

 56 Dorm rooms, stereotypically

 58 Flared dress style

 60 Outdo

 61 Nasty tweet's sentiment

 62 "Who ___ is coming?"

 63 Young fellows

 66 Actress Long

 67 Paving goo

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