Puzzle

 ACROSS

 1 Like some threats or promises

  6 Smell of baking bread, e.g.

 11 ___ and abet

 14 Territory of India's capital

 15 Less ludicrous

 16 Bathroom, in Bristol

 17 *Gives the go-ahead

 19 What it takes to tango

 20 Lead-in to bad news

 21 Lead-in to bad news

 22 Raise, as a child

 23 Pushes a bowling alley button

 25 More kind

 27 *Robocop?

 32 Infamous 1919 team's nickname

 36 Developmental phases

 37 Like fish with lots of omega-3s

 38 Scot's refusal

 40 Partners of reels or cones

 41 Sunflower color

 44 "American Idol" winner Kelly

 47 *Like an injured player on the sidelines

 49 Opening remarks

 50 Wyndham hotel chain

 55 Smallest bills

 57 Subtly suggested

 60 Desertlike

 61 "Breaking ___"

 62 Rants and raves, or what a director does after saying the starred answers' ends

 64 Popular bird in crosswords

 65 Barn-raising sect

 66 Group of experts

 67 Opposite of nope

 68 ___'s Puffs

 69 Far from oblivious

DOWN

  1 Poe's first name

  2 Grammy winner Haggard

  3 Guilty, not guilty, etc.

  4 The ones right here

  5 Yang's opposite

  6 "Yeah, right!"

  7 Extreme anger

  8 Available

  9 Measures of performance

 10 ___ Technica (site for gadget lovers)

 11 Clark Kent and Bruce Banner

 12 Caucus state

 13 "Let's Make a Deal" choice

 18 Says "th" for "s"

 22 Comment

 24 Disapproving sound

 26 Pet that's not fetching?

 28 Very long time

 29 Precise

 30 Ctrl+Y, on a PC

 31 Part of APA: Abbr.

 32 Laddie

 33 "In ___ of flowers ..."

 34 Like a 1-1 score

 35 "Battlestar Galactica" baddies

 39 Roth of horror

 42 Frequently, to poets

 43 Exercise for generals

 45 Biggest artery

 46 Genetic messenger

 48 Treat baked on a sheet

 51 Colorful parrot

 52 Gladiator fight site

 53 One may have '50s decor

 54 "Hello" singer

 55 Controversial wedding vow verb

 56 Tom, Dick or Harry

 58 "___ of the D'Urbervilles"

 59 Tennis great whose name sounds like a tree

 62 Damage

 63 Mud wrap place

Solution