Across

1 Blow a gasket

6 Tediously familiar

11 “That’s a pretty low __” 14 Angled cut

15 Love, in Italian

16 Female sheep

17 Swimming trunks worn by

some surfers

19 Youngster

20 One playing hooky

21 From stem to __

23 Country music’s __ Brown

Band

26 Plant family that includes

tomatoes and eggplant 28 Cold-weather coat

31 Cheek colorers

32 Old Delta rival

33 Sample

36 Lemons

37 Guardian angel, e.g. 40 Telephone-on-the-web tech 42 Muslim scholar

43 Gumption

46 Consume, as food

48 Make precious

49 Salad vegetable that may be

red, yellow, or green 53 Genetic material

54 Pay increase

55 Mount where Noah landed 58 Citrus drink suffix 59 Common time for homework, and where to find the starts of 17-, 26-, 37-, and 49-Across 64 La Brea __ Pits

65 Inform against

66 Delivery room helper

67 Calm part of a hurricane 68 Scissors sounds

69 Blubbers

Down

1 Flow back

2 __ Speedwagon 3 Charlottesville sch.

4 Jaunty

5 Abbr. before a synopsis 6 Persian faith that promotes spiritual unity

7 In the middle of

8 Word with due or true 9 Installation object

10 Not as much

11 Under fire

12 Bestowed, as a grant

13 Sign of irritation

18 Pocketed, as a pool ball 22 Landed hard

23 Hit with a laser

24 “Love, Victor” actress Ortiz 25 “The Godfather” right-hand

man

27 Pants, slangily

29 Descends, as a rock wall 30 “Who __ to judge?”

33 Low-lit

34 “When will u b here?” 35 Studio whose films begin with

a roaring lion

38 Ceremonial event

39 Roadside lodging

40 Text alert option

41 Like many multivitamins 44 Passenger transport

45 Span of time

47 Asparagus units

48 __ on the side of caution 50 Punk icon Smith

51 Area before surgery, briefly 52 Works hard for 56 “Thunderstruck” rock band 57 Recurring role for Chris

Hemsworth

60 Groupie

61 French “yes”

62 Nashville’s Grand __ Opry 63 __ Vegas Aces