Puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Often-wooden peg

  6 ___ Major (Big Dipper's constellation)

 10 U-turn from ENE

 13 Birthplace of St. Teresa

 14 Lively dances

 16 Yes, in Kyoto

 17 Name that anagrams to "snide"

 18 WNBA star Elena ___ Donne

 19 Getting on in years

 20 Biblical flood shelter

 21 Baked fish dish (first 2 letters + last 3)

 24 D-Day's conflict, briefly

 26 GPS maker

 27 Roll in a squad car? (first 1 + last 3)

 32 Ones on deck

 33 Crop up

 34 Works on a comic book

 35 Dallas NBAer

 36 World capital where you may eat alpaca steak

 40 Way to go

 42 Croc's relative

 43 Friday's companion (first 3 + last 1)

 47 Holiday Inn alternative

 48 Ethiopian princess in a Verdi opera

 49 Terror-stricken (first 4 + last 1)

 53 Bowl-shaped cooker

 56 Champagne export

 57 Used a potato gizmo

 58 Anklebones

 60 Shar-___

 61 Word with "fries" or "potatoes"

 62 Praise to the skies

 63 ICU attendants

 64 Gardner with many plots

 65 Rail terminal

DOWN

  1 Baby's pop

  2 Once more

  3 (Not really!)

  4 Giant Manning

  5 Scottish girls

  6 One of Pakistan's official languages

  7 Coral structure

  8 Start to "starter"

  9 Asserts without proof

 10 "___! (There It Is)" (1993 hit)

 11 ___ Mae (student loan agency)

 12 Expand, as a highway

 15 Calm and quiet

 22 "___ the season ..."

 23 Mexican Mrs.

 25 Modern warfare threats, briefly

 27 Greek X

 28 Vied for public office

 29 "The Stranger" author Albert

 30 Love poetry Muse

 31 David who played Bond

 36 Praise to the skies

 37 Director's cry, or a hint to this puzzle's theme

 38 "How now, brown cow?" response

 39 "___ we clear?"

 40 Equestrians

 41 Abrupt way to stop or turn

 42 Pulled a scam on

 43 More risque

 44 Muscat natives

 45 Common setting for a joke

 46 Half-___ (latte order)

 47 Answered an invite

 50 Mark on Harry Potter's forehead

 51 Tattle

 52 Twiddling one's thumbs

 54 Nobel Peace Prize city

 55 Eartha who portrayed Catwoman

 59 Fir feller: Var.

Solution