Crossword: Lifeblood
This is a moderately challenging themeless puzzle. Play it online here.
Across
1 Crystal Castles song
9 Without markup
15 Prominence
16 "Mm...I don't think so"
17 Removed of all inhibition
18 One who likes to chatter, perhaps
19 Basic unit of inheritance
20 Western film trope
22 The 'S' in SEVT
23 Critic Roger
25 June birth flower
27 Squeeze (out)
28 "Dear old" family member
29 Knot-tying words
32 Boris Badenov in "Rocky and Bullwinkle"
34 Shine
36 "____ he cute?"
37 "Real dogs eat meat" brand
40 Assert
41 "It ____ the question..."
42 Escapade
43 Apartment residents
45 Souls, as in Greek
47 Pressure meas.
48 "The Way I ___" (Timbaland hit)
51 Append
52 Too
54 Lazy ____
56 Workplace messaging platform
58 "Diana" singer Paul
61 Sketch
62 Donated, as to the church
64 Generosity
66 Kind of push-up
67 More erotic
68 Protestor's cry
69 They go nowhere
Down
1 Nailed
2 Single-celled organism
3 Nailed
4 Disparaging look
5 Position tongue at roof of mouth, as to realign teeth
6 "Malory Towers" author Blyton
7 Free speech defending org.
8 Actress Winona
9 "___ lmao"
10 Prickly plant
11 Mob boss
12 "Give me a break..."
13 Covertly moving
14 Downloads through peer-to-peer sharing
21 Friendly hit
24 Up to, shortly
26 They're on the rocks
30 Situated away from the point of origin
31 "My Year of Rest and Relaxation" author Moshfegh
33 Some of those with center-left political beliefs, briefly
34 Dragon Ball Z character
35 Darken
37 Mexian pork preparation style based on lamb doner
38 Cell alternative
39 Occurs before
44 "___ the season.."
46 Producers
48 Invites home
49 Lifted
50 Penetrates
53 Tripping
55 Bill Withers hit song
57 Indian tea
59 Model Moss
60 ____ 51
63 Ayahuasca tryptamine
65 Gallivant