A relevant figure for today's date, connected by the starred clues [the brackets relate to the answer] or by applying the title to words scrambled in the circled squares.
49A
Chart again
51A
"Life of Pi" director Lee
52A
Sun-related
53A
Crowd noise
55A
"Remington ___"
56A
New England sch. in the granite state
57A
Expert
58A
Used instead of "I" by fancy folk
62A
*Reindeer relative [Mint symbol]
67A
Record holders
68A
Hot dish stands
69A
"As I _____" (Deemed appropriate)
70A
Bass, for example.
Down
1D
Neckline shape
2D
Hypotheticals
3D
Frequently, to Keats
4D
AL West (baseball) team, on scoreboards
5D
Outermost germ layer
6D
Wee
7D
Radiator sound
8D
Intuit
9D
Sends forth
10D
5G ___
11D
Through
12D
Tolkien creature
13D
Dorm VIPs
15D
In a sustained state of agony
20D
Fuming
21D
Summer cooler
22D
Guitarist Paul
23D
Height: Abbr.
24D
"___ been had!"
25D
______ Soundsystem, an indie rock band
26D
Life story, in brief,
27D
Where to view embarrassing clips, Pre-YT
28D
Casino cube
30D
Places to rinse peepers
33D
Bran source
34D
Concorde, e.g.
38D
"Mass" emotional outburst
39D
401(k) alternative
40D
Back-to-school mo.
41D
Little rascal
42D
Impractical Joker
44D
Chemical suffix
45D
Rival
46D
Land in the Seine
47D
Actor Kilmer
48D
Poetic preposition
50D
Pope of 1963-78
54D
Dry
55D
Alarm
57D
Behaves
58D
Online feed letters
59D
Greeting in Rio
60D
Archery bow wood
61D
Pershing's WWI grp.
63D
Insemination alternative: Abbr.
64D
Chinese word for north
65D
Extra NHL periods
66D
Show to a seat, slangily
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