Across
1. Pulsate, as with pain : THROB
6. What a red traffic light means : STOP
10. Container for soup or cereal : BOWL
14. ___ acid (protein builder) : AMINO
15. “Very funny!” : HAHA
16. Eye layer : UVEA
17. Chocolaty candy on a stick : TOOTSIEPOP
19. 500 sheets of paper : REAM
20. Realtors’ showings : HOMES
21. Endless, in poetry : ETERNE
23. Guard at an entrance : GATEMAN
26. Length x width, for a rectangle : AREA
27. Desertlike : ARID
28. Breakfast cereal with a naval officer on its box : CAPNCRUNCH
33. Put through a blast furnace, say : SMELT
35. Dissolute sort : ROUE
36. Rope-a-dope boxer : ALI
37. ___-relief : BAS
38. Two marks in “résumés” : ACCENTS
41. Easy-to-chew food : PAP
42. It ends with diciembre : ANO
43. Danny who co-starred in “White Christmas” : KAYE
44. Make red-faced : ABASH
46. Brittle, spicy cookie : GINGERSNAP
50. Besides : ALSO
51. Hilarious person : RIOT
52. Plan going forward, as for peace : ROADMAP
54. As originally placed : INSITU
57. Constantly rising things in gentrifying neighborhoods : RENTS
58. Where Hartford is: Abbr. : CONN
59. Broadcast news snippets … or an apt description for 17-, 28- and 46-Across? : SOUNDBITES
64. Grand-scale production : EPIC
65. ___ Krabappel, teacher on “The Simpsons” : EDNA
66. Love, love, love : ADORE
67. Meyers of late-night : SETH
68. Most mammals have four of them : LEGS
69. Core belief : TENET
Down
1. Tit for ___ : TAT
2. Care provider, briefly : HMO
3. 2016 Olympics host, informally : RIO
4. Hush-hush, slangily : ONTHEDL
5. ___ buddy : BOSOM
6. “For Your Eyes Only” singer Easton : SHEENA
7. Water spigots : TAPS
8. “Look what I found!” : OHO
9. Slice from a book? : PAPERCUT
10. The “B” of F.B.I. : BUREAU
11. On top of : OVER
12. Withdraw gradually (from) : WEAN
13. Unfunny, as a joke : LAME
18. Apple desktop : IMAC
22. Mother canonized in 2016 : TERESA
23. Long-winded sort : GASBAG
24. Italian designer Giorgio : ARMANI
25. Attaches using string : TIESON
26. Unknown author, for short : ANON
29. Fuss in front of the mirror : PREEN
30. Incendiary weapon used in the Vietnam War : NAPALM
31. Category for a minor-league team : CLASSA
32. Rap, by another name : HIPHOP
34. “Grab this!” : TAKEIT
39. Amusement park ride that goes around and around : CAROUSEL
40. Growth under the skin : CYST
45. Unflattering angle of one’s face : BADSIDE
47. Christmas stealer in a Dr. Seuss book : GRINCH
48. Stadiums : ARENAS
49. Duck’s habitat : POND
53. Hitter’s turn to hit : ATBAT
54. Helps reduce the swelling of, say : ICES
55. Slangy refusal : NOPE
56. Foul mood : SNIT
57. Step on a ladder : RUNG
60. Poem of praise : ODE
61. 2,000 pounds : TON
62. Before, poetically : ERE
63. “On your mark, get ___ …” : SET
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