puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Eight-person bands

  7 ___ blues

 11 High shot in tennis

 14 Black eye

 15 Solo at the Met

 16 "So it's you!"

 17 Downcast expression

 19 Rolls up, briefly?

 20 Prior to, in verse

 21 Brings into the mix

 22 Good for what ___ you

 23 "Get out!"

 27 Country star Patsy

 29 Unselfish possessive

 30 Important guy on a committee

 33 Station for underwater vessels

 35 Egyptian goddess known for her magic

 37 Papa

 38 Taken advantage of

 39 Foil-wrapped candy

 44 "I expect to be paid back"

 45 .5 + .5

 46 Be joyful

 47 Some payments to hackers

 51 Pop flies' paths

 52 Vatican City's eminent tenant

 55 Japanese dance-drama

 56 ___ tai

 57 What some people leave alone?

 61 Mo. to visit a haunted house

 62 "Really, though?"

 63 Unlicensed radio broadcaster

 64 It's above us all

 65 Whispered summons

 66 Filched, or what the ends of 17-, 33-, 39- and 57-Across could be


DOWN

  1 ___ Jackson Jr. of "Straight Outta Compton"

  2 Good luck trinket

  3 Fork parts

  4 BBC's country

  5 "___ Lasso" (Jason Sudeikis series)

  6 Initials for a packed house

  7 Hairless

  8 Yankee-turned-broadcaster, to fans

  9 High-tech physical

 10 Talk away

 11 Traditional Catholic service

 12 "You can't be serious!"

 13 Instrument played upright

 18 ___ Liberation Monument (West Village sculpture)

 22 Some jetliners

 24 Dish with bits of semolina

 25 Griller's spice mix

 26 Corporate subdivision

 28 "It's not a ___ if you believe it" (George Costanza)

 30 Cargo container

 31 Get out of sight

 32 Beatty of "Network"

 33 It's near Iowa's borders with Nebraska and South Dakota

 34 Singer Lambert

 35 Like a cold stare

 36 Place for flats and pumps

 40 Nocturnal bird

 41 Not stand in the way of

 42 RVer's stop

 43 Traveler's stop

 47 Stimpy's pal

 48 Shaquille with an Amazon Alexa voice

 49 ___ Carlo Casino

 50 Luster

 51 "Famous" name in cookies

 53 Singer Redding

 54 Sch. in western Pennsylvania

 57 Swing dance move

 58 Route finder

 59 Word before "up" or "tight"

 60 ___-Magnon

solution