I have been traveling for a few days, and will be for a few days more. As a result, I have been struggling to keep up with crosswords and posts. I managed to write up this abbreviated post for today’s puzzle, and will get to the full write-up just as soon as I can.
1 Destination for NASA’s Perseverance rover : MARS
5 Rolls up, as pant legs : CUFFS
10 Singer/actress Lady ___ : GAGA
14 In a wild way : AMOK
15 Final Oldsmobile model : ALERO
16 Thick noodles in Japanese soups : UDON
17 Woman who might wield a whip : DOMINATRIX
19 “Famous” cookie guy : AMOS
20 Shape of this answer’s third letter : ARC
21 Art form from Japan : ANIME
22 Fanatical : AVID
23 Pioneering synthesizers introduced in the 1960s : MOOGS
25 Gas station conveniences : MINI-MARTS
28 Eastern island on the Equator : SUMATRA
30 Stuff spliced in a lab : DNA
31 Poetry palindrome : ERE
32 I.R.S. identifier, for short : SSN
33 Greek “H” : ETA
35 Decorate colorfully, in a way : TIE-DYE
37 Character associated with the beverage “shaken” in this puzzle’s circled letters : JAMES BOND
40 Shelter by the beach : CABANA
43 Simple shelter : HUT
44 Name that’s also a major Australian airport code : SYD
47 Tempe sch. : ASU
48 Meme that moves, maybe : GIF
50 Weathered, as a storm : RODE OUT
53 Tallest peak in the Cascades : MT RAINIER
56 Pond buildup : ALGAE
57 ___ Stanley Gardner, creator of Perry Mason : ERLE
58 Last name of two brotherly fairy tale writers : GRIMM
60 In the style of : A LA
61 Modern checkout device in lieu of a cashier : IPAD
62 British author known for his 1984 novel “Money” : MARTIN AMIS
64 Zoom button you might click when your dog barks : MUTE
65 Treelike member of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy : GROOT
66 Record, in a way : TAPE
67 Practice boxing : SPAR
68 Man with a code : MORSE
69 Common flag symbol : STAR
Down
1 Counterparts of sirs : MADAMS
2 Full of love : AMOROUS
3 “50 First Dates” and “27 Dresses,” for two : ROM-COMS
4 Enjoy the slopes : SKI
5 Sonny Corleone portrayer in “The Godfather” : CAAN
6 Sport played with a Frisbee : ULTIMATE
7 Physicist Enrico : FERMI
8 Certain status on social media : FRIEND
9 “Red” or “White” team : SOX
10 Tropical fruit often found in smoothies : GUAVA
11 Regarded with respect : ADMIRED
12 “At least you did your best!” : GOOD TRY!
13 Ques. counterpart : ANS
18 Tammany Hall caricaturist Thomas : NAST
22 At full speed, nautically : AMAIN
24 Weed : GANJA
26 Completely : IN TOTO
27 “Get it?” : SEE?
29 Stick around : REMAIN
34 Result of burnout? : ASH
36 Famous Ford flop : EDSEL
38 Titular woman in a #1 Rolling Stones hit : ANGIE
39 They might be full of beans : BURRITOS
40 Recording device, informally : CAM
41 Slightly better : A STEP UP
42 Mozzarella-and-cream cheese often served as an appetizer : BURRATA
45 Posing surface : YOGA MAT
46 First female singer to have multiple albums exceed 10 billion streams on Spotify : DUA LIPA
49 Opera’s “barber of Seville” : FIGARO
51 “I don’t give a ___!” : DAMN
52 Preview : TEASER
54 Birch relative : ALDER
55 Mistake : ERROR
59 Tiny arachnid : MITE
61 Sends a ping, in brief : IMS
62 Studio with a lion mascot : MGM
63 Symbols for tagging on Twitter : ATS
