puzzle

ACROSS

  1 General activities?

  5 "The Way" singer Jill

 10 Spanx product

 13 Give off, as light

 14 Plains dwelling

 15 Unfilled space

 16 Package sealer

 17 Echo Dot assistant

 18 Word after a mistake

 19 *HOMES for remembering the Great Lakes, e.g.

 22 Eye exam providers: Abbr.

 23 Smooching on the bus, for short

 24 Hole digger's tool

 26 "Lady Marmalade" singer LaBelle

 28 *Seed that chocolate comes from

 32 Artist Yoko

 34 Small doggo

 35 Constellation found in "solar activity"

 36 *"Pay attention to this!"

 42 Praiseful poem

 43 Spanish seasoning

 44 "Illmatic"

 45 *Like some videos of growing plants

 49 One way to spell meat on a stick

 53 Player in a Georgia fiddle contest, in a song

 54 G.I. ration

 56 Part of a history book

 57 Investor with a limited role ... or the unpronounced letters in the first words of the starred clues' answers, collectively?

 61 Glove worn at home

 63 Like Dock Ellis' perfect game

 64 Model Hadid

 65 Zone

 66 Illinois airport

 67 What to tap to open an app

 68 Roof topping

 69 Blew away

 70 ___ shui


DOWN

  1 Spill cleaner

  2 Seyfried of "A Mouthful of Air"

  3 Most ready to be picked

  4 Champagne flute part

  5 Get up

  6 Relating to the abdomen

  7 Intl. oil cartel

  8 It might contain an emoji

  9 Quickly unboxes

 10 New writer's hope

 11 "Let 'er ___!"

 12 Often-skipped parts of videos

 15 Words to study, for short

 20 Offer one's two cents

 21 Fresh hop or hazy beer

 25 ___ Grey tea

 27 Small kiddo

 29 Milky-white gems

 30 Ill-tempered dog

 31 Formal objection

 33 Available in stores

 36 Parcel of land

 37 "Look what ___!"

 38 School term

 39 Part of a jockey's uniform

 40 Impostor

 41 Home to Alaska, briefly

 46 Musical about Peron

 47 Word before "Peep," in rap

 48 Vast realm

 50 "No fighting!"

 51 Crater Lake's state

 52 Revealing to all

 55 Gave stars on IMDb, say

 58 NYC or LA neighborhood

 59 Defrost

 60 "I don't have to work tomorrow!"

 61 Wrestling surface

 62 Investment initials

solution