About the Puzzle

really thought this puzzle would get accepted somewhere. I'm more proud of this one than I am of any other puzzle I've made. Structurally I think it's super cool, with the interlocking theme and a couple other things I don't want to give away. And I think there are a lot of fun words. There's too much black, but I think that's the only major knock against it, but of course I'm biased...

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  • 1 Musical figure?
  • 7 Nickname of pitcher Hideo Nomo, known for his unusual windup
  • 14 Thermodynamics apparatus
  • 15 Worn out
  • 16 Australian marsupial
  • 17 Like the real murderer in "The Fugitive"
  • 18 Holler
  • 20 Was human, so to speak
  • 21 Infamous rigged 50s gameshow (fittingly)
  • 26 Sega's Mario
  • 28 Faux pas
  • 29 Inflatable pilot in 69-Across
  • 31 Offering to Dionysus
  • 32 Little stinkers
  • 35 Soaring sort
  • 37 A long time ____...
  • 38 Bell-provoking, at a bee (fittingly)
  • 41 There are eight per gal.
  • 44 Baby carriage
  • 45 Complain
  • 49 Knotts and Quixote
  • 51 Reedlike
  • 53 Gilbert of "Roseanne"
  • 54 Estimate
  • 56 Behind the times (fittingly)
  • 59 Female ancestor, cutely
  • 61 Gossip
  • 62 NaCl, for example
  • 64 Primary language of the Dead Sea Scrolls
  • 69 Film in which Leslie Nielsen says, "Don't call me Shirley."
  • 70 Pooh's gloomy friend
  • 71 It's "el postre" at a Mexican restaurant
  • 72 Paralympic hockey gear
  • 1 Novel
  • 2 Crazy eights relative
  • 3 "Wizard of Oz" studio
  • 4 It might feature a lobster
  • 5 Promulgate
  • 6 Get back on the horse
  • 7 City suffix
  • 8 "Magilla Gorilla" girl
  • 9 Raises
  • 10 A tight squeeze
  • 11 Georgia neighbor
  • 12 Transferring, as property
  • 13 Like all prime numbers greater than 2
  • 15 50/50 (fittingly)
  • 19 Tic-tac-toe winner
  • 21 1976 AC/DC single
  • 22 Floor
  • 23 Direction from Windy City to Motor City
  • 24 "Cheers" cheer
  • 25 Latin at the end of lists
  • 27 Zuckerberg's role at Facebook, for short
  • 30 "Harry Potter" couriers
  • 33 Dot on a die
  • 34 11-Down and others, once: Abbr.
  • 36 Jennings of "Jeopardy!" fame
  • 39 Buddies
  • 40 Hockey puck, for one
  • 41 ASAP
  • 42 Head-scratcher
  • 43 The Seven Dwarfs, e.g., to comedic effect
  • 46 Wet/Dry tool
  • 47 Cy Young stat
  • 48 Photo finisher?
  • 50 Philatelist's concerns
  • 52 Scan letters
  • 55 1937 Best Picture "The Life of ____ Zola"
  • 57 Word repeated before falling down
  • 58 Landmark invention
  • 60 Identical twin identifier, perhaps
  • 62 Scamp
  • 63 Hill resident
  • 65 "See ya!"
  • 66 Lightning follower
  • 67 Tiny bit of energy
  • 68 Petite