Here is the complete list of clues and answers for the Friday July 21 2023 puzzle.
ACROSS
1 History : PAST
5 Dreamcast maker : SEGA
9 Blessing preceder : ACHOO
14 “__, Brute?” : ET TU
15 God attended by Valkyries : ODIN
16 Intact : WHOLE
17 Instagram video : REEL
18 Compact __ : DISC
19 Like some seals : EARED
20 Melt down in response to some trash talk? : PANIC AT THE DIS
23 Refill : TOP UP
24 Costa del __ : SOL
25 AED pro : EMT
28 Copy cats? : MEOW
30 Noisy bird : MAGPIE
33 Colorado’s __ Verde National Park : MESA
36 Talent for sliding into someone’s DMs? : PING SKILLS
39 Haim of “Licorice Pizza” : ALANA
41 Zodiac lion : LEO
42 __-garde : AVANT
43 Little cat with a beachy vibe? : CALI KITTEN
46 Peepers : EYES
47 Connect : ATTACH
48 “Star Wars” family name of Han and Ben : SOLO
50 Bentley of “Yellowstone” : WES
51 Substance that lacks refinement? : ORE
54 Benchmarks : NORMS
57 Business retreat, and an apt title for this puzzle? : COMPANY OUTING
62 Language of Iran : FARSI
64 Exam with a max score of 180 : LSAT
65 Sunburn salve : ALOE
66 __ beverage : ADULT
67 Entice : LURE
68 Mario __: game with a Rainbow Road : KART
69 Captcha target : ROBOT
70 Itches : YENS
71 Docs who insert tympanostomy tubes : ENTS
DOWN
1 BOLO target : PERP
2 Patronized, as a restaurant : ATE AT
3 Shorthand pro : STENO
4 Dutch market craze of the late 1630s : TULIP MANIA
5 Soft drink : SODA POP
6 Address plot holes, perhaps : EDIT
7 General ideas : GISTS
8 Dried poblano : ANCHO
9 Amazed : AWED
10 Milky spiced tea : CHAI
11 Tomfoolery : HORSEPLAY
12 La Liga cheer : OLE
13 Ref. work that once employed J.R.R. Tolkien : OED
21 Snooker stick : CUE
22 Long-lived trees : ELMS
26 Eeyore creator : MILNE
27 Challenges : TESTS
29 Go limp : WILT
31 Pseudonym indicator : AKA
32 “Ish” : GIVE OR TAKE
33 Noisy bird : MACAW
34 Thrill : ELATE
35 Element of a margarita pedicure : SALT SCRUB
37 Aquarium scoop : NET
38 “So It __ … “: song on Taylor Swift’s “Reputation” : GOES
40 “For the love of all things dog” org. : AKC
44 Eatery with a “Happy Face” combo on the kids menu : IHOP
45 “Don’t change a thing” : NO NOTES
49 “Mambo No. 5” singer Bega : LOU
52 Comeback : RALLY
53 Follow : ENSUE
55 “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” novelist Kundera : MILAN
56 Stifled laugh : SNORT
58 Norse city name that can be translated as “meadow of the gods” : OSLO
59 Fly catcher? : MITT
60 Crocheter’s supply : YARN
61 Understands : GETS
62 Way off : FAR
63 Fuss : ADO
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