Risin' Action
Across
- 1. Frequent Lennon collaborator
- 4. Mexican lager with a sun on its label
- 7. Brick-and-mortar worker?
- 12. *Religious residence
- 14. *Political cliques
- 15. Zhuzh up
- 16. Harden like bread
- 17. Nary a soul
- 18. Storm's comics group
- 20. MoMA's city
- 21. Explosive stuff
- 23. ___ a positive note
- 26. Not cool enough to be retro
- 28. *Kraken, for one
- 32. Obi-___ Kenobi
- 33. Raise
- 35. "Brandy (You're ___ Girl)" (No. 1 Looking Glass hit)
- 36. Massive victory
- 39. Radio medium
- 41. Yellow Starburst flavor
- 42. Women
- 44. Fishing pole
- 45. *Influential manga and anime by Akira Toriyama
- 47. Shelter dog, often
- 50. Rooms in a hacienda
- 51. "Eureka!"
- 52. Append
- 55. "The Killing" star Mireille
- 57. Canon rival
- 61. "Hallelujah" singer Cohen
- 64. Ex payment
- 66. *"Give it to me straight"
- 67. *Like the Jeffersons, per their theme song ... or solvin' each starred clue's answer by raisin' two letters a row higher?
- 68. Many Yemenis
- 69. Ram's mate
- 70. LA-to-Tucson dir.
Down
- 1. Sign of the future
- 2. What the first letter in 11-Down means
- 3. Nobel Peace Prize ceremony site
- 4. Most common dice rolls
- 5. Pay dirt?
- 6. Wildcat with ear tufts
- 7. More, in Spanish
- 8. Behave
- 9. Superfan
- 10. Like used rags at Jiffy Lube
- 11. Time it takes light to travel about 30 cm
- 13. Window treatments
- 14. "Easy Rider" actor Peter
- 16. Broad-brush
- 19. Flat-topped hill
- 22. "Young Frankenstein" actress Garr
- 24. Congresswoman Ilhan
- 25. "Don't open this URL at the office!"
- 26. Rock ___ scissors
- 27. Jungian inner self
- 29. Pageant crown
- 30. Diplomatic representative
- 31. Saxophone insert
- 32. Fuse with a torch
- 34. Country whose official language was French from 1066 to 1362
- 37. Gear teeth
- 38. A'ja Wilson and Caitlin Clark's org.
- 40. "Insecure" actress Rae
- 43. As well
- 46. Warning
- 48. Do well
- 49. "Spider-Man" director Sam
- 52. "Fantastic Four" actress Jessica
- 53. Bambi, e.g.
- 54. Qatari capital
- 56. "Likewise"
- 58. Scoop holder
- 59. Responsibility
- 60. Excessive promotion
- 62. Wyo. neighbor
- 63. Burro
- 65. Contemptible