Across1 Underground areas explored by spelunkers
6 Car-buying necessity, for many
10 Degs. for some entrepreneurs
14 Stuffy “Me too”
15 Competent
16 Noble rank above viscount
17 Stuck in the muck
18 French champagne brand
19 “Well, would you look at that!”
20 Make a polite visit
23 “__ whiz!”
24 Runs easily with long strides
27 False start punishment, in football
34 County Clare’s nat.
35 Internet letters
36 “The Banana Boat Song” opener
37 Trails behind
39 Color TV pioneer
40 “Barbie” actor Liu
41 La __: Real Madrid’s division
42 Frank on the grill
45 Naught
46 Incredibly hard to hold
49 Photo app filter shade
50 Time period often named for a monarch
51 Celebratory shout heard before “Auld Lang Syne” is played, and an apt title for this puzzle?
58 Crèche trio
61 Moisturizer brand
62 Missouri River tributary
63 Minnesota representative Ilhan
64 Junction point
65 Spoke wildly
66 Sheepherding pig in a 1995 film
67 Smack
68 Austin Powers player Mike
Down1 Training __: NFL preseason practice time
2 Tibet’s continent
3 “Your mileage may __”
4 Come to light
5 Judgmental glance
6 Bedside light
7 Double-reed woodwind
8 Actor Guinness
9 Invasive plants with stinging hairs
10 Note-worthy purchases?
11 Green __, Wisconsin
12 Escort’s offering
13 Devious
21 Tailor’s line of stitches
22 Freight weight
25 “Seinfeld” character who worked for Pendant Publishing
26 Really frustrate
27 Jam-packs
28 Vowel-shaped track segments
29 Carrot or celery, informally
30 Not so common
31 Hazardous
32 Initial strategy
33 “__ be sorry!”
38 Blue gem
42 Some cards in the board game Clue
43 “Now it’s clear!”
44 Overly catchy song
47 Actress Zadora
48 Come out against
52 Furrow former
53 When tripled, phrase spoken by 25-Down
54 No, in Russian
55 Icicle site
56 Ripening agent
57 Cincinnati MLB team
58 Unruly crowd
59 GP’s gp.
60 Chitchat
