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Across

• 1A Self-service money dispensers, for short: ATMS
• 5A “American ___” (singing competition show): IDOL
• 9A ____ Amidala (“Star Wars” senator): PADME
• 14A Pin the ___ on the donkey: TAIL
• 15A Coke, e.g.: SODA
• 16A Natural hairdos: AFROS
• 17A Vegetable in gumbo: OKRA
• 18A Tournament ranking: SEED
• 19A Leave puzzled: ABASH
• 20A Body’s communication network: NERVOUS SYSTEM
• 23A Angsty music genre: EMO
• 24A ___ faire: LAISSEZ
• 25A “Lovin on Me” rapper Jack: HARLOW
• 28A Sealy alternative: SERTA
• 30A The Chicks and the Powerpuff Girls, for two: TRIOS
• 33A Be in debt: OWE
• 34A Under the weather: ILL
• 36A Big fuss: ADO
• 37A Audacious: BOLD
• 38A Twisted figure that only has one side: MOBIUS STRIP
• 41A “Woe is me!”: ALAS
• 43A Lard or tallow: FAT
• 44A Spanish for “sun”: SOL
• 45A Assistance: AID
• 46A Porterhouse, e.g.: STEAK
• 48A Change: ALTER
• 52A “Bye, now”: SEE YA
• 54A Extra periods (Abbr.): OTS
• 56A “if u ask me”: IMAO
• 57A Shops that sell excess inventory: OUTLET STORES
• 61A Word that can follow “monster” or “food”: TRUCK
• 63A Workplace safety org.: OSHA
• 64A Role for an actor: PART
• 65A “___ beaucoup”: MERCI
• 66A Swerve suddenly: VEER
• 67A One of 12, for a cube: EDGE
• 68A “That is to say . . .”: MEANING
• 69A Makes a mistake: ERRS
• 70A Moose and elk: DEER

Down

• 1D Observes Yom Kippur: FASTS
• 2D “I want to join you!”: TAKE ME
• 3D Bathroom fixture often seen above the sink: MIRROR
• 4D Eastern European person: SLAV
• 5D Debate topic: ISSUE
• 6D “It ___ even matter” (“There’s no point”): DOESNT
• 7D Celebratory pieces: ODES
• 8D “___ Marmalade”: LADY
• 9D Rotini and fettuccini: PASTAS
• 10D Following: AFTER
• 11D Percussive track: DRUM
• 12D Mama’s partner, perhaps: PAPA
• 13D Particularly, in a text: ESP
• 21D Dental hygiene brand: ORAL B
• 22D Bamboo ___: SHOOT
• 26D Bird with a “great horned” and “barn” variety: OWL
• 27D Get married: WED
• 29D Uncles, in Spanish: TIOS
• 31D Worshipper of Jah: RASTA
• 32D Driver’s licenses, e.g.: IDS
• 35D Elevate: LIFT
• 37D Toucan’s beak: BILL
• 38D Double-checked, say: MADE SURE
• 39D Dubai’s country (Abbr.): UAE
• 40D Playfully make fun of: TEASE
• 41D Batteries for some remotes: AAAS
• 42D Tell a fib: LIE
• 46D “The Social Network” writer Aaron: SORKIN
• 47D Like some delis or kitchens: KOSHER
• 49D Long-winded rant: TIRADE
• 50D Appear: EMERGE
• 51D List of players: ROSTER
• 53D State flower of New Mexico: YUCCA
• 55D Pre-1917 Russian rulers: TSARS
• 58D The first “l” of “loml”: LOVE
• 59D Software customer: USER
• 60D Opinion article: OP ED
• 61D “I did not need to know that”: TMI
• 62D Dreamy sleep phase: REM