puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Very easy crossword clue

  6 Hospital area full of IV tubes

  9 Easter egg event

 13 Pseudonym

 14 Ashen

 15 Casual eatery

 16 First course?

 17 Dalmatian sound

 18 At the right moment

 19 1965 Byrds hit with the words "There is a season"

 22 Plant in a desert garden

 25 Gestation sites

 26 "Awesome!"

 27 1999 Destiny's Child hit with the words "You're slowly making me pay for things"

 31 Cause of audio-video mismatch

 32 Sprinkles or sprays

 33 Eternity

 34 Rub out

 36 2022 award for Ariana DeBose

 40 URL ending in academia

 42 Ireland, on a euro

 45 "Ready when you ___!"

 46 1964 Beach Boys hit with the words "The beat's really hot"

 51 E.T.'s transport

 52 Revealed a secret about

 53 Editor's workstation

 54 Damaged vinyl, or what 19-, 27- or 46-Across suggests?

 58 Script contents

 59 "... blessing ___ curse?"

 60 From India, perhaps

 64 Defeatist phrase

 65 Gym unit

 66 Answer to "Who's there?"

 67 Billionth: Prefix

 68 TV spots, e.g.

 69 Like a perfectly pitched inning


DOWN

  1 Word after "generation" or "gender"

  2 Ailing

  3 "Mamma ___!"

  4 Display area over the fireplace

  5 Jacob's twin

  6 "Give me that!"

  7 Price-fixing rings

  8 Spread out, as a flag

  9 "This answer is within this clue," e.g.

 10 Straighten out

 11 With 63-Down, computing system inspired by the brain

 12 Goes viral on Twitter

 15 Put on

 20 ___ Goldberg machine

 21 Stand up

 22 Having the skill

 23 One who fibs

 24 Ukrainian-born actress Kurylenko

 28 Neighbor of a Finn

 29 "Cheered" for the villain

 30 ___ and outs

 35 Fraction of a min.

 37 Sugar plant's stem

 38 Circle segments

 39 Smell terrible

 41 Thick Japanese noodle

 42 Keyed in

 43 Covers that won't warm you up

 44 Make over

 46 Capital of Ireland

 47 Serengeti's continent

 48 Political columnist Peggy

 49 ___ borealis (northern lights)

 50 Expands on

 55 Game similar to lotto

 56 Winter hrs. in New England

 57 Ball game spoiler

 61 "Sorta"

 62 Pal, in Paris

 63 See 11-Down

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