Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Agreement

  7 When doubled, a Hawaiian fish

 11 Hoover ___ (Colorado River structure)

 14 Haitian religion involving sorcery

 15 Hugh Laurie's boys' school

 16 Former quarterback Manning

 17 Waiting one's turn

 18 Rustic home

 20 University official

 21 Isn't thorough when cleaning an ashtray?

 23 Shortly, in poetry

 24 They sometimes clash

 25 Closed-down arena?

 32 Chatty bird

 33 When required

 38 Word after "public" or "popular"

 41 TV schedule slot

 42 Takes revenge

 44 Trap, as by a winter storm

 45 Glowing alien of Jabba's species?

 48 Headliner

 52 IRS experts

 53 Where one might get a dog?

 57 Was aware of

 61 Conspiring (with)

 62 Discomfort

 64 Actress Seydoux or Thompson

 65 Raise one's voice

 66 U-Haul truck, for one

 67 Hosp. areas

 68 Poetic tributes

 69 Forgo cooking ... or, read with spaces after the second and fourth letters, a theme hint

DOWN

  1 Fanatical

  2 Certain ice cream holder

  3 Carbonated drink

  4 Thor's father

  5 "Anchorman: The Legend of ___ Burgundy"

  6 "Crime ___ pay"

  7 Philanthropist Gates

  8 On the summit of

  9 Big pigs

 10 Machu Picchu builder

 11 Eliminate glitches from

 12 Samuel of the Supreme Court

 13 After-dinner candies

 19 Prez known for his top hat

 22 RVer's stopover

 23 More pale

 25 Pollution portmanteau

 26 Overdone publicity

 27 Army group

 28 Prepares, like leather

 29 "This ___ test"

 30 Prefix with "verse"

 31 Deserves

 34 Scratch the surface?

 35 "Mon ___!"

 36 Issue forth

 37 Bumper concern

 39 Large reproductive cells

 40 "The Simpsons" character who says "hi-diddly-ho"

 43 Coins that cost more than seven cents each to make

 46 Mimic

 47 Inherent character

 48 Welcoming expression

 49 Piano technician

 50 He has the world at his fingertips

 51 GPS suggestion

 54 Hellmann's spread, informally

 55 Like good Scotch

 56 Regulation

 57 Superman, aka Clark ___

 58 Defense org. since 1949

 59 Birthright seller in Genesis

 60 Mark from a paintball fight, say

 63 Teachers' org.

Solution