puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Sign seen in the stands

  6 "A long time ___ in a galaxy ..."

  9 Summits

 14 Lexus competitor

 15 Party snack not eaten by itself

 16 Cut drastically

 17 Scoop's sweet support (In this clue's answer, anagram letters 2-7)

 19 Where a toddler goes?

 20 Beach hut

 22 Excited cry

 23 Without exception

 27 Apartment dweller

 29 Stir up, as curiosity

 30 Fold in the laundry room?

 32 Start up, as a computer

 33 Acquires

 34 DOJ agency

 37 Rescue squad member: Abbr.

 38 Ferocious feline, or a theme hint

 40 So___ (L.A.'s region)

 41 ___ fly (MLB play)

 42 In the know

 43 "That's terrible!"

 44 Make hard to read, in a way

 46 Flight in which you might receive a blanket

 48 Old West watering hole

 50 Equipment for paparazzi

 51 Capital of Norway

 52 So far

 55 Phase

 57 Child's cut-out toy (Anagram letters 2-8)

 62 Deodorant brand whose name suggests dryness

 63 British brew

 64 Bottled spirit

 65 Medicinal quantities

 66 "___ Miserables"

 67 Ham it up


DOWN

  1 Owns

  2 Hosp. area

  3 Cocoa cup

  4 "... ___ lack thereof"

  5 San ___ (university city near San Diego)

  6 Photoshop maker

  7 Actress Rodriguez

  8 Doing business

  9 Deadly serpent

 10 They're seen in circuses and horror films

 11 Calculating person? (Anagram letters 4-10)

 12 Lauder of cosmetics

 13 Less assertive

 18 Bamboo stem

 21 Large concert venue

 23 Disney's "___ in Toyland"

 24 Smell of freshly baked cookies, e.g.

 25 Underground spots for storing veggies (Anagram letters 2-7)

 26 Fanatic

 28 Indiana-to-Ohio direction

 30 Core group

 31 Texas university

 33 Pleased

 35 Singer Tucker

 36 Frozen formations

 38 Texas home of the Dr Pepper Museum

 39 "You can't make me!"

 43 Poem of praise

 45 Painful head rub

 46 $1,500 per month, e.g.

 47 Come out

 48 "Such a shame"

 49 Houston ballplayer

 50 Superhero fashion accessories

 53 October birthstone

 54 NASCAR legend Earnhardt

 56 Publishing VIPs

 58 Blue state sen., often

 59 Vietnam War protester Yoko

 60 On, like a lamp

 61 Jeans brand

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