Across
1. Base after third base : HOME
5. Flows back : EBBS
9. 1, 8, 27, 64, etc. : CUBES
14. The “U” of B.T.U. : UNIT
15. 1982 movie inspired by Pong : TRON
16. Yoga posture : ASANA
17. *Capricious : MERCURIAL
19. French “thank you” : MERCI
20. “… man ___ mouse?” : ORA
21. Jokester’s jokes : GAGS
22. *Forgivable : VENIAL
23. ___ McDonald (clown) : RONALD
25. Additionally : TOO
27. Gas brand whose logo has a blue oval : ESSO
28. “Desserts” made from wet dirt : MUDPIES
30. Pupu ___ : PLATTER
32. Isaac’s elder son : ESAU
33. Gas brand whose logo has a red triangle : CITGO
35. What free apps often come with : ADS
36. *Warlike : MARTIAL
38. Little rapscallion : IMP
41. Glass that makes a rainbow : PRISM
42. Website for crowdsourced reviews : YELP
46. Church activity : WORSHIP
48. Clothing : APPAREL
51. “Will do!” : ONIT
52. “The War of the Worlds” villains, briefly : ETS
54. Sitting Bull’s people : LAKOTA
55. *Jolly : JOVIAL
57. Meriting a “D,” say : POOR
59. Figure in the form 123-45-6789, e.g.: Abbr. : SSN
60. “___ ears!” (“Listening!”) : IMALL
61. *Gloomy : SATURNINE
63. Portions (out) : METES
64. Vaper’s device : ECIG
65. Italy’s shape : BOOT
66. “You ___ right!” : ARESO
67. Composer John with six Emmys : TESH
68. Tiny hill builders : ANTS
Down
1. “Just play along, please” : HUMORME
2. Burdensome : ONEROUS
3. “Hamilton” composer : MIRANDA
4. List-ending abbr. : ETC
5. Brokerage with an asterisk in its name : ETRADE
6. Clink on the drink : BRIG
7. Toot one’s own horn : BOAST
8. Weekly parody source, briefly : SNL
9. Arrived : CAME
10. Online discussion forum : USENET
11. Professional coffee server : BARISTA
12. Fully surrounded (by) : ENCASED
13. Ones under a captain’s command : SAILORS
18. ___ fruit (wrinkly citrus) : UGLI
22. Europe’s longest river : VOLGA
24. Kwik-E-Mart minder on “The Simpsons” : APU
26. Kia model : OPTIMA
29. What actors memorize : SCRIPT
31. Alternative to Hotmail : AOL
34. “___ Not Unusual” (Tom Jones standard) : ITS
36. Car speed meas. : MPH
37. Shakespearean sprite : ARIEL
38. Site of a 1945 Allied victory in the Pacific : IWOJIMA
39. Amino acid vis-à-vis a protein, e.g. : MONOMER
40. Public’s opposite : PRIVATE
42. Tibetan beast : YAK
43. Beachfront property woe : EROSION
44. “How about we forgo that” : LETSNOT
45. Etymological origins of the answers to the five starred clues : PLANETS
47. Subway entrances : STILES
49. What oxen pull, in England : PLOUGH
50. Catherine who married Henry VIII : PARR
53. The final frontier, per “Star Trek” : SPACE
56. Additionally : ALSO
58. Big name in elevators : OTIS
61. Prepare, as a dinner table : SET
62. Org. for the Sixers and Spurs : NBA
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