puzzle

 ACROSS



  1 Beginning of an idea

  5 Toy dog from China, informally

  9 Italian city where Galileo lectured

 14 Moisturizer brand

 15 Comedian ___ Andre

 16 Barely managing, with "out"

 17 Question about where the pain is, scientifically speaking?

 19 Washer cycle

 20 Any one of the two

 21 Attaching, as a patch

 23 "Weekend Update" show, briefly

 24 Unseen before

 26 Voice actor Blanc

 27 Firecracker that doesn't go off

 28 Readied for a drive?

 30 Blot lightly

 32 "___ Lisa"

 33 "We're live!" sign

 35 Twists and turns, like a road

 36 Only temporarily, scientifically speaking?

 39 Parking places

 41 Tarnish

 42 "Batman" sound effects

 43 "Pet" bone to pick

 45 Nintendo rival

 49 Lawyer: Abbr.

 50 AOC or JFK

 51 Mind reader's "gift," briefly

 53 Name, in Nantes

 54 Spicy sausages

 57 Free-for-all

 59 Davenport resident

 60 Gem safe, scientifically speaking?

 62 Student, at the Sorbonne

 63 Ingrid's role in "Casablanca"

 64 Lake touching four states and a province

 65 Decorated again

 66 Small denomination

 67 Virginia ___ (folk dance)

DOWN

  1 Classic advice to a young man

  2 Jerry's ex on "Seinfeld"

  3 Crib plaything

  4 Story about a Greek god, e.g.

  5 Eyed through a magnifying glass, perhaps

  6 Be wrong

  7 First aid sets

  8 Itchy skin cause

  9 Danger

 10 Similar (to)

 11 "___! The Witch Is Dead"

 12 Not firm, as a foundation

 13 Meeting plans

 18 One of the broody bunch?

 22 Like fresh paint

 25 Child such as Oliver Twist

 29 Fashion faux pas list

 31 "Et tu, ___?"

 32 Makes, as money

 34 Negative responses

 35 Shouted "Bingo!," say

 36 Knelt obsequiously

 37 Very positive review

 38 Doesn't stick up at all

 39 More out to lunch

 40 Road hazard

 43 Candy in a dispenser

 44 Winking Face and Sparkling Heart

 46 "Play more!"

 47 Masked hockey position

 48 Beer brand named for a Dutch river

 50 Ate in high style

 52 Before, at the start of a word

 55 Shankar who mentored George Harrison

 56 Bottom of a shoe

 58 Affirm confidently

 61 Sch. for Trojans

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