puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Overly critical

  6 "Likewise"

 10 Engrossed

 14 Savory taste

 15 Pottery substance

 16 "Life Elevated" state

 17 "Meeting with the gold medalists on ___?"

 19 Female horse

 20 Surcharge, for one

 21 No-___-um (tiny insect)

 22 They might be "held down"

 23 "Heading to the fundraiser on ___?"

 27 Sneeze sound

 30 Filled with activity

 31 Flowers

 33 Type of whiskey

 34 ___ Park, N.Y. (birthplace of 22-Down)

 38 "Looking for the pickup game on ___?"

 41 Hold'em stake

 42 Grand ___ Opry

 43 Birthing helpers

 44 "Fences" star Davis

 46 Phrase before an expiration date

 47 "Trying to find the northern Alaskan hotel on ___?"

 52 Easy shot for LeBron James

 53 "Groovy!"

 54 URL ending, often

 57 Kindergartners learn them

 58 "Going to the reunion on ___?"

 62 Exploit for all it's worth

 63 Crab feature

 64 Watering holes in deserts

 65 Poems of praise

 66 Takes a load off

 67 Bay State sch.


DOWN

  1 Blow like the Big Bad Wolf

  2 Friend, in France

  3 Uncommon

  4 Texting format: Abbr.

  5 Resonates strongly

  6 Cornea neighbor

  7 ___ carte

  8 Cheese's partner

  9 Apple of my ___

 10 Bit of gossip

 11 "Breakout" game company

 12 "The Empire Strikes Back," chronologically

 13 "One of ___ days ..."

 18 Item in a pod

 22 New Deal prez

 23 Sam who sang "A Change Is Gonna Come"

 24 From Jerusalem, maybe

 25 "Gotta go," in textspeak

 26 Amount produced

 27 "Mamma Mia" band

 28 Kin group

 29 Invitation sender

 32 Seemingly unmoved by misfortune

 34 Building next to a she shed

 35 ___ log (Christmas treat)

 36 Dull in color

 37 Crafty website

 39 Voting group

 40 "Is that too big of a favor?"

 44 Red carpet honoree, for short

 45 They make you look

 47 San Antonio landmark

 48 Like an extreme fan

 49 Ride a bike

 50 Walrus's pair

 51 Forester or Highlander

 54 34-Down, in Seville

 55 Washington bills

 56 "Don't ___ with Texas"

 58 Audra McDonald and Leslie Odom Jr., at the '21 Tonys

 59 Former quarterback Manning

 60 Doorstep cover

 61 On the ___ (escaping)

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