Puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Sacred spots

  7 "As I see it," briefly

 11 "The Puzzle Palace" org.

 14 Warren Buffett, geographically

 15 Have to have

 16 "I'm ___ ears!"

 17 Tropical cocktails (see letters ... 7-11)

 19 "Cheap Thrills" singer

 20 Recuperate

 21 Had a little lamb, say

 22 Both parents in some families

 23 "There Will Come Soft Rains" poet (... 7-11)

 26 Sporty Spice

 27 Former Cowboys coach in a fedora

 29 On the ocean

 32 Like farm country

 35 Regret deeply

 36 Do an usher's job

 37 Made fancy

 38 Guadalajara greeting

 39 Under the weather

 40 Back with a wager

 41 One using Juuls

 42 AriZona alternative

 44 "Awesome," online

 46 Lettuce-drying tool, or a hint to this puzzle's theme (... 2-6!)

 50 "High Voltage" rockers

 51 City in French Flanders

 52 Essential thing

 55 Pronoun for Miss Piggy

 56 Dessert topped with meringue (... 5-9)

 58 Bumble or Bristlr

 59 Factory safety org.

 60 Bran cereal fruit

 61 "___ Miserables"

 62 V.A. hospital concern

 63 "Guess I'm missing out"

DOWN

  1 One junior to a junior, casually

  2 French friend

  3 Mommies' mommies

  4 Timothee of "Call Me by Your Name"

  5 Tic ___

  6 Like one battery terminal

  7 Ridiculous

  8 She helped Jason

  9 "D'oh!" accompanier (... 3-7)

 10 Has too much, for short

 11 Congestion relief option (... 2-6)

 12 Calculator ancestor

 13 "Sad to say ..."

 18 Rhyming English class, briefly

 22 Longtime anchor Rather

 24 Actor Stephen

 25 Indian lentil dish

 28 2020, e.g.

 29 A-apple connector

 30 Observatory instrument

 31 Chips accompaniers (... 2-6)

 33 Japanese veggie that's one letter short of a noodle

 34 Get out of hand

 37 Bringing up the rear

 38 Poison-pen letters

 40 Arthur of "Maude"

 41 Otto ___ Bismarck

 43 "No Scrubs" singers

 45 Slot machine feature

 47 Guru followers

 48 Entreat

 49 Either "Avengers: Endgame" director

 50 Human rights lawyer Clooney

 53 Aspen equipment

 54 Suns

 56 Dizzy Gillespie genre

 57 Nonclerical

Solution