ACROSS

1 Small groups of conspirators 7 Charitable offerings of old 11 Sheepish utterance? 14 Catching some Z’s 15 Italy’s outline 16 Relative of an ostrich 17 Command for a soldier to relax 19 Post-disaster help, e.g.

20 Like a low, horizontal throw used by shortstops 21 Unhinge mentally 23 D.C.-based teachers’ union 24 One of the Kardashians 26 Pretends 27 Weekend comedy hit, in brief 29 Financially solvent 31 Passing craze 34 Snoopy’s breed 36 Spits rhymes, so to speak 39 Tableware for special guests 41 Classic car inits. 42 Melville’s “___ Budd”

43 Mafia chief

44 Fail to keep a promise

46 “The Spanish Tragedy” dramatist Thomas 47 Have as one’s residence

49 ___ room (play space)

51 Goes out of business

53 In the manner of 55 Blockhead 58 Bemoans, as a loss 60 42 weeks pregnant, e.g. 63 One of the Gershwin brothers 64 Betray … or a hint to what’s found in this puzzle’s shaded squares 66 Plastic used in piping, for short 67 Cookie once promoted with the line “Take a lick — you’ll love it”

68 Stock market purchases 69 State out loud

70 Take a breather 71 Ohio city on Lake Erie

DOWN

1 Mama ___ Elliot of 1960s folk

2 Sean who voiced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Raphael 3 Ice skate part 4 Trojan hero in a Virgil epic 5 Yeats’s “___ and the Swan” 6 Glisten 7 “Honest” guy on a five 8 Trucker’s haul 9 White wine named for the European river valley where it’s produced 10 Sound upgrade from mono 11 Means to a goose laying golden eggs, in a fairy tale

12 Compañero 13 Poet W. H. ___ 18 “I don’t need to hear all that!” 22 PONG Quest gaming company 25 Reddish purple 28 Org. overseeing court battles 30 Drifting ice mass 31 U.S. TV regulator 32 “Now I see!” 33 Negotiator’s skill 35 Square footage 37 Thickness, as of yarn

38 Name that’s hidden in “Easy does it” 40 Assault on the ears 42 Helpful pollinator

44 Bring back to its original condition 45 Most serious 48 One with a booth at a flea market 50 Pen for horses on a ranch 51 Promotional snippets from a film 52 Caterpillar or tadpole 54 Texter’s chortle 56 Be crazy about 57 Joined together by heating 59 Hauls into court 61 Sound that rebounds 62 Former Exxon name 65 Nonhuman internet “account holder”