Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Catcher's face protector

  5 Thing changed by a pit crew

  9 Congressional channel

 14 Prayer-ending word

 15 Admired figure

 16 Large group of people

 17 "Roots" Emmy winner Olivia

 18 Partner of glitz

 19 "The game is ___!"

 20 Have complete control

 23 Cry before "Blastoff!"

 24 "___ a Wonderful Life"

 25 Hall of "The Hate U Give"

 29 Flashing light

 31 Steals from

 33 Furious

 34 Washed off

 36 Puts into words

 37 Pick up an audience's vibe

 40 Cincinnati's state

 42 Be less strict

 43 Line on a garment

 44 Do really badly on Broadway

 46 Within reach

 50 George Takei's "Star Trek" role

 52 Subj. with labs

 53 Salmon eggs

 54 Dance by pushing both hands upward

 58 Shakespearean feet

 61 "Superfood" berry

 62 German auto company

 63 Soccer shoe gripper

 64 ___ guard (soccer equipment)

 65 Santorini, for example

 66 Ovens for firing pottery

 67 ___ Kong

 68 Not just want

DOWN

  1 Computer shortcuts

  2 Quantity

  3 Buyer's counterpart

  4 Body part with a cap

  5 Hybrid offensive position in football

  6 Doesn't do anything

  7 (Don't mess with the lion king!)

  8 Red resident of "Sesame Street"

  9 Tries to catch

 10 First sound of "gerbil" but not "goat"

 11 Con's opposite

 12 "Much ___ About Nothing"

 13 Volleyball court divider

 21 Second-longest human bone

 22 Spherical object

 26 Muslim leader

 27 No, in a vote

 28 YouTube annoyances

 30 "Wonderfilled" cookie

 31 Physical therapy, e.g.

 32 Poems often "to" things

 35 Narrowest part of a champagne flute

 36 Second yr. of high school

 37 Features of some eyeglasses

 38 Successfully contacting

 39 Protruding navel

 40 Unit of electrical resistance

 41 She/___ pronouns

 44 Big explosions

 45 "Yes," in Paris

 47 Awaken feelings in

 48 Chicken ___ soup

 49 Stood up to

 51 ___ Outfitters

 52 Splotch

 55 Scout's garment

 56 Bounce, as a sound

 57 Wet forecast

 58 "Gross!"

 59 Boxer Laila

 60 "First name" of two Spice Girls

Solution