puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Pear part

  5 Chiding syllable

  8 Matted clumps of hair

 13 ___ nuts (pesto ingredient)

 14 Exclude

 16 The ___ (customer's typical order)

 17 Merit

 18 Drag queen in "Kinky Boots"

 19 Mary Poppins, e.g.

 20 Near Batman's sidekick?

 23 Took off

 24 What do the pros say?

 25 Made a cozy little home

 30 Stockpile some yogurt starter?

 33 "Count" who composed "One O'Clock Jump"

 36 "Affirmative!"

 37 People with an annual Sun Dance

 38 Cheese that's made backward?

 39 Actress Dandridge

 41 Quick kiss

 42 Some body art, informally

 43 "Midsommar" director Aster

 44 Maya Angelou and Mary Oliver, e.g.

 45 Person playing marbles, often?

 49 Madame, in Spain

 50 Jump like a hare

 51 School fundraising grp.

 54 Anticipate the latest charts?

 58 Bulldozes

 62 "Enough stalling!"

 63 Isn't another way?

 64 JPEG or PNG file, e.g.

 65 Part of YOLO

 66 Taunt

 67 "Good heavens!"

 68 Genre related to reggae

 69 Concerning


DOWN

  1 Pickle piece

  2 Pageant headwear

  3 2001 scandal company

  4 Restaurant list that might be accessed with a QR code

  5 "I knew I was right!"

  6 Campfire treats

  7 Unit of weight, for short

  8 Escape route in "The Great Escape"

  9 Allyson Felix's Olympic team

 10 "Sounds like a great time!"

 11 Pale brown color

 12 Cunning

 15 Soda can feature

 21 Word on a "Hello!" tag

 22 Occupied

 26 Daze

 27 Private student

 28 Construct

 29 You can stand at some while working

 30 Has the goal of

 31 Its capital is Damascus

 32 Still at Disney?

 33 Test versions of software

 34 "Better late than never," e.g.

 35 The Prince of Darkness

 39 Type of parrot in Blue Sky's "Rio"

 40 Make a mistake

 44 Salt-N-___

 46 Wiped clean

 47 Comedian's "thing"

 48 Beverage often sweetened with honey

 51 Ballet bends

 52 Palindromic belief

 53 Lead-in to "physics" or "turf"

 55 Big ruckus

 56 They're not free of charge

 57 Mexico's ___ California

 58 Word aptly found in "perimeter"

 59 "Back to Black" singer Winehouse

 60 Change directions suddenly

 61 Nwodim of "SNL"

solution