puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Cruel smile

  6 Makes a pick

 10 Folk singer Guthrie

 14 "Parallel Mothers" director Almodovar

 15 ___ talk (honest conversation)

 16 Stink

 17 Elite crew

 18 Tracy Chapman, vocally

 19 Bike selection

 20 AOL rival

 21 23andMe competitor

 24 Persnickety

 25 "The Little Mermaid" collectible

 26 Go by, as time

 29 Four-sided dice, e.g. (Note the last 3 letters of this answer + the start of 34-Down)

 35 Go by, as time

 37 "Jane ___"

 38 Shofar horn source

 39 "Semper Fidelis" composer

 40 Prop for a ball

 41 Haim of "Licorice Pizza"

 43 Fish kissed in Newfoundland

 44 Conceited

 46 Farmers market sights

 47 Advice lead-in

 50 Acts lovey-dovey

 51 Reddit Q&A

 52 Work space

 54 "... but no less" (Last 4 letters + the end of 53-Down)

 59 Woman in Progressive ads

 62 Word before "a blank" or "the line"

 63 Steamy resorts

 64 One may be forwarded

 66 Vibe

 67 Grin's "ends"

 68 Smoothed, as a sand trap

 69 Gym shorts material

 70 ___ mater

 71 Has to have


DOWN

  1 Inbox annoyance

  2 Clears after taxes

  3 Starter home?

  4 Part of BCE

  5 Like Mercury or Venus (First 4 letters + the start of 21-Across)

  6 Prophet

  7 One-named soccer legend

  8 Pieces of body art, for short

  9 Toy racer

 10 It has many diamonds

 11 Saxophone accessory

 12 Like low-fat meat

 13 Its pods go into gumbo

 22 Comedian Bargatze

 23 Microwave, as leftovers

 24 Egyptian snakes

 26 "Home Alone" co-star Joe (Last 3 letters + the start of 47-Across)

 27 Standoffish

 28 ___ Arabia

 30 Itty-bitty

 31 Bread that might be marbled

 32 Cleaning product that anagrams to 33-Down

 33 Total stranger, informally

 34 Build up

 36 "Help!"

 40 Black ___ (dress code)

 42 Deficiency

 45 Shrunken Asian lake

 46 Takes legal action

 48 "Sad trombone" sound

 49 Texan city supposedly named after a Ukrainian city

 53 Not lenient

 54 Spare rib supplier?

 55 50-50 test guess

 56 Does some paving

 57 Australian gem

 58 Toasty

 59 Like fair-weather friends

 60 Twisted the truth

 61 12-year-___ (some tweens)

 65 Hollywood legend West

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