THEME: VALENTINE’S DAY

ACROSS

1. Nerds

6. *Dad’s Valentine

9. *Seal with a kiss and do this

13. Marconi’s wireless telegraphy

14. Nightcap rocks

15. Relish tastebuds’ sensation

16. Fervor

17. “Le ____ des cygnes”

18. Togetherness

19. *Botanical Valentine’s Day gift, pl.

21. *Romantic taper

23. *Princess Jasmine’s love interest

24. Per person

25. Rub-a-dub-____

28. Distressed cry

30. Asphalt alternative

35. Native-American storytelling tradition

37. Sound of impact

39. Royal headgear

40. Morally reprehensible

41. Type of rug

43. Tennis serving whiz

44. Painter’s support

46. Dust allergy trigger

47. It “was made for you and me”

48. *He played Lara Antipova’s lover, 1965

50. Swerve

52. Is, no longer

53. Fireplace part

55. Corn unit

57. *St. Valentine, e.g.

60. *Author of earliest Valentine’s Day reference

64. Chinese silk plant

65. Fluffy accessory

67. Window treatment

68. Change the Constitution

69. Annoying pop-ups

70. Implant

71. It can turn pumpkin into carriage

72. Fishing mesh

73. Relieves

DOWN

1. Steffi of tennis

2. “Me and ____ and the Dying Girl”

3. Cocoyam

4. Native of American Great Plains

5. Very much

6. 0.001 inches, pl.

7. Mozart’s “L’____ del Cairo”

8. Hajj destination

9. Head-hiding place

10. Bad to the bone

11. Post-it slip

12. Like some martinis

15. Broad-brimmed beachwear

20. Watts events, 1965

22. Make a scene

24. Hard to pin down

25. *Avian symbol of love, pl.

26. “Umble” Heep

27. Crafter’s wood

29. Impulse

31. Iranian coin

32. Cockatoo’s cousin

33. Rome’s Colosseum

34. *Paper greetings

36. Suggestive look

38. *Valentine’s Day get-together

42. Medicinal worm

45. Up in the air

49. Tsetse, e.g.

51. Traveling entertainer’s helper

54. Opposite of rural

56. Aung San Suu Kyi’s home

57. Vicki Lawrence’s Thelma Harper

58. Echoed by the flock

59. Source of zest

60. Those in a play

61. Uber competitors

62. “The Three Musketeers” dueling sword

63. Bolsheviks

64. Like sashimi

66. Schiller’s “____ to Joy”