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