Crossword By Kade Young

ACROSS
1: __’_ thin chocolate chip cookies
6: Mom’s sister
10: Pierce
14: Give a speech
15: Not busy, as a restaurant
16: Chute opener?
17: Fortuneteller’s card
18: Patella’s place
19: “Woe is me!”
20: Designer McCartney
22: Pie ___ mode
23: Cartoon frames`
24: The BasedGod
26: ___-Ball (arcade game)
28: ___-la-la
31: Hide’s partner
33: Rock layers
37: pause with uncertainty
40: Christmas song
41: Molecule part
42: Noodles
44: Ice cream holder
45: Turner and Fey
47: It puts a point on a pencil
49: Many snakelike fish
50: Opera solo
51: Believer’s suffix
52: Not as much
55: Time in office
57: Flag holder
60: __ __ loss for words
62: Stay out of sight
66: Region
67: ___ Ness monster
69: “__ __ of Two Cities”
70: Close by
71: __ ai, video generator
72: Tormented, as pledges
73: Daughters’ counterparts
74: Hoppy drinks
75: Toboggans and luges
DOWN
1: Tater ___
2: “I smell __ __!”
3: Scale button
4: Electronic road fee collector
5: Order of songs to be played during a concert
6: Inquire
7: Forearm bone
8: A Season of no losses
9: Minor adjustments
10: It was launched with Sputnik
11: Story
12: Asia’s __ Sea
13: Low pitch
21: Take __ __ of faith
25: Trial versions
27: And so on: Abbr.
28: “Either this or __”
29: Fix, as a knot
30: Together (two words)
32: “TiK ToK” singer
34: Rice-___
35: Shades of color
36: Vigilant
38: “You’ve got my undivided attention.”
39: Begin
43: Disney mermaid
46: Opposite of NNW
48: Outcasts
53: Chip dip
54: Bar seat
56: Gold and silver
57: Stovetop items
58: Black-and-white cookie
59: Low-fat
61: Land unit
63: Lounge
64: Type of electronic display
65: Ties the knot
68: Possesses
Key:
ACROSS
1: TATES
6: AUNT
10: STAB
14: ORATE
15L: SLOW
16: PARA
17: TAROT
18: KNEE
19: ALAS
20: STELLA
22: ALA
23: CELS
24: LILB
26: SKEE
28: TRA
31: SEEK
33: STRATA
37: HESITATES
40: CAROL
41: ATOM
42: PASTA
44: CONE
45: TINAS
47: SHARPENER
49: EELS
50: ARIA
51: IST
52: LESS
55: TERM
57: POLE
60: ATA
62: LIELOW
66: AREA
67: LOCH
69: ATALE
70: NEAR
71: SORA
72: HAZED
73: SONS
74: ALES
75: SLEDS
DOWN
1: TOTS
2: ARAT
3: TARE
4: ETOLL
5: SETLIST
6: ASK
7: ULNA
8: NOELS
9: TWEAKS
10: SPACERACE
11: TALE
12: ARAL
13: BASS
21: ALEAP
25: BETAS
27: ETC
28: THAT
29: RETIE
30: ASONE
32: KESHA
34: ARONI
35: TONES
36: ALERT
38: IMALLEARS
39: START
43: ARIEL
46: SSE
48: PARIAHS
53: SALSA
54: STOOL
56: METAL
57: PANS
58: OREO
59: LEAN
61: ACRE
63: LAZE
64: OLED
65: WEDS
68: HAS