Across

1 Isabel Allende’s “In the __ of Winter”

6 Albumen container

9 Blades on a small

12-Down, for short

14 Words said with a shrug

16 Biathlete’s equipment

17 Tosses a monkey wrench into 18 Site for a rite

19 Catch or latch follower

20 R&B’S Boyz II __

21 Like some auctions

22 Grandpa Walton, to Grandma Walton

24 Tag sale reminder

26 Teachers’ org.

27 Apprised (of)

31 Accordion fold

33 Like some chins

34 Word with history or hygiene

36 Puerto __

39 Crass

40 San Antonio team

41 CGI birds in Liberty Mutual Insurance commercials

42 Important stretches

43 Tach stats

44 Puff up

45 Announce

47 Argentine novelist Sabato

49 Wanted poster letters

51 Fill with freight

53 __ française

54 Luxury furs

56 “90 Day Fiancé” cable channel

58 News article intro

62 Gather wool from

63 Stack at Famous Footwear, and a hint to the sets of circled letters

65 Put in office

66 Topic of a note home, perhaps

67 Big name in rain gear 68 Terminus

69 Reptile with sticky toe pads

Down

1 Soybean paste

2 Catcher Rodríguez inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017

3 Credit report item

4 Total yawner

5 Little one 6 Perimeter 7 __ Davis Institute on Gender in Media

8 Fuel for some grills

9 Extol

10 Tiny stream

11 Frequently

12 See 9-Across

13 Mattress choice

15 Sonnet line quintet

21 Opera virtuoso Beverly

23 Put away

25 Few and far between

27 43,560 square feet

28 Make fuzzy

29 Visibly embarrassed

30 Bested

32 Question for an astrobiologist

35 Ingredient in many tropical cocktails

37 __ classic 38 Norwegian home of the Fram Museum

40 Misses overseas: Abbr.

44 NBC show that inspired “30 Rock,” for short

46 Warns

48 Sped

49 Plus

50 “Four Inhabitants of Mexico” painter

52 Actor Hawke

55 Valentine trim

57 “Downton Abbey” title

59 COO, e.g.

60 Work place

61 Standard Oil brand

63 Abbr. in some vineyard names

64 Important