puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 From ___ to riches

  5 Piece of clothing with no sole?

  9 Cut quickly

 13 The "E" in HOMES

 14 French city that inspired Van Gogh

 15 Wrestler/actor John

 16 Pie crust, initially? (unscramble letters 5 to 9)

 18 Johannesburg currency

 19 Private eye Spade

 20 Camel cousin

 21 Assessed

 22 Went ballistic

 24 Cook in hot oil

 26 Seize

 27 Person who plays a round

 28 Hot dog topper

 31 Communication syst. involving the hands

 32 Work space, for many

 35 Beaver's construction

 36 Beef or pork (... 3 to 6)

 40 "I knew it!"

 41 Haze in Los Angeles

 43 Nickname that rhymes with Ray

 44 Perfectly pitched

 46 More likely to pry

 48 "See ya!"

 49 Fab Four

 51 Southwestern plant

 54 Artist Neiman

 55 Composer of the "Semper Fidelis" march

 57 Greek P

 59 Aphrodite's son

 60 Flying mammal with sharp teeth (... 5 to 8)

 62 World's longest river

 63 Once more

 64 Country within Somalia?

 65 Oscar ___ Renta

 66 Take care of, as a bar

 67 Washington bills

DOWN

  1 AOC and others

  2 Font similar to Helvetica

  3 Gadget

  4 "___ who?"

  5 Zagreb native

  6 Grad

  7 Massive amount of a vitamin

  8 "Sorta" suffix

  9 Prepared for repainting

 10 One obsessed with order (... 2 to 5)

 11 Word before "circle" or "tube"

 12 Rice field

 14 Off-the-cuff remark

 17 Bright star in Aquila

 21 NFL official

 23 NBC show since '75

 25 Jazz singer Fitzgerald

 27 One may spend hours on an Xbox Series X

 28 '90s DJ's collection

 29 Over-the-top actor

 30 "There's no stopping me!" (... 2 to 7)

 33 Sow's pronoun

 34 Mary ___ cosmetics

 37 Singer Brickell

 38 Equestrian competition

 39 Matchbox item that's safe for kids?

 42 Set sail

 45 After taxes

 47 Crafty

 48 Bathroom bowl

 49 Mixture

 50 Spooky

 51 Matchmaker with arrows

 52 ___ legend (questionably true story)

 53 Easily split rock

 56 Yemen neighbor

 58 Singer Redding

 60 Large container

 61 Angsty genre

solution