Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Brazilian dance

  6 Shoot the breeze

  9 Signal to pull over

 14 Zones

 15 Zenith rival

 16 Fed. security

 17 Estate crafter?

 19 Bend one's ___ (have a drink)

 20 Former New York governor Mario

 21 "Band of Brothers" conflict, briefly

 22 Not out

 25 Cheer-leader's syllable

 27 Extremities

 30 Next available

 32 Asylum seeker

 34 Sacred

 35 "Skyfall" singer

 37 "___ Got a Secret"

 38 Everybody

 39 Wish that a short hairdo looks good?

 41 Beaujolais, e.g.

 42 Word of possibility

 43 "Never ___ moment"

 44 Wasabi snacks

 45 Fuel additive

 47 Falcons' home

 50 ___ ex machina

 51 Hit head-on

 53 Singer of the 2018 No. 1 hit "Without Me"

 54 Bites like a puppy

 56 Having a high BMI

 58 Sacrifice site

 60 Windy weather front?

 64 Lengthy attack

 65 Number of Q's in Scrabble

 66 Additional

 67 Razor sharpener

 68 Pops

 69 Finals' preceders, in a tourney

DOWN



  1 Word with "band" or "hand"

  2 Shapiro of NPR

  3 Funnyman Brooks

  4 Where Juliet says, "O Romeo, Romeo!"

  5 Take for granted

  6 Gloomy

  7 Play group member?

  8 Scrooge's cry

  9 Fret

 10 Taking the place (of)

 11 Known facts about a redbreast?

 12 Ike's command in 21-Across

 13 Just out

 18 Homer's hangout

 21 Puppy

 22 Red-faced

 23 "You missed it"

 24 One searching for yuletide greenery?

 26 Anatomical ring

 28 Go off course

 29 Talking toy since 1965

 31 ___ rasa

 33 Service charge

 36 UPS competitor

 39 Prohibit

 40 Locker room woes

 44 Paint-mixing site

 46 Pungent cheese

 48 Biblical pronoun

 49 Snares, as a calf

 52 2016 Disney hit

 55 Kind of school

 57 Drained financially

 58 Long-eared beast

 59 Like an awesome party

 60 Pantheon member

 61 Resistance unit

 62 Outdoor retailer

 63 ___ White (former Clue character)

Solution