Quick Crossword

Across

1 Stretched the truth

5 Takes a break

10 Garçon’s workplace

14 Actress Kendrick

15 Love, in French

16 Operatic high point

17 Folk singer Joan

18 *Many stadium screens

20 GI field fare

22 Phoenix suburb

23 Fannie __: federal mortgage agency

24 *Seven-star pattern in Ursa Major

27 Little League precursor

29 “__ thoughts?”

30 Vegetable in a pod

31 Fr. holy woman

32 Ballet garb

34 Piece of advice

36 Insensitive, in a way

39 *Curly-haired dogs

43 Spreadsheet software

44 “Low” rapper __ Rida

45 “Smooth Operator” singer

46 Actor Pacino and singer Green

47 Alias letters

49 Summer shade

50 Nile Valley country

53 *Skimpy garment credited to fashion designer Mary Quant

56 Summer sign

57 “Firefly” actor Tudyk

59 Brad of “Moneyball”

60 Cornerstone of the Konmari method, and the progression found at the starts of the answers to the starred clues

64 Draw (in)

66 Nurse Jackie portrayer Falco

67 Spanish title

68 Poems of praise

69 Wetlands plant

70 “Fire away!”

71 Flow slowly

Down

1 R&D setting

2 “Almost ready”

3 Fuel surcharge, e.g.

4 Stunned

5 “The Big Bang Theory” chum of Sheldon and Leonard

6 6-foot Aussie bird

7 WWI battle site in France

8 Potato or yam

9 Low-budget hotels, for short

10 Mustang or Pinto

11 Enticing odor

12 End-of-term exam

13 Equipment used in oil production?

19 Result of some needlework

21 Opposite of guzzle

24 Clubs for 27-Across

25 Blossom parts

26 Duo

28 Road curves

31 “Jersey Shore” nickname

33 Take the lid off

35 Adobe creation

37 Insipid remark

38 Source of fragrant wood

40 Triangular river formations

41 Strategy

42 Inbox subfolder

48 Snake once sacred in 50-Across

50 Respected leader

51 Rock with inner beauty

52 “That smarts!”

53 Some puzzle book offerings

54 How paper contracts are signed

55 Metric weights

58 Middle Simpson kid

61 Actor Beatty

62 Snack, in slang

63 Higher ed hurdle

65 Telepath’s claim