puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Reacts to astonishing news

  6 Extracurricular group

 10 The basics

 14 Snow shelter

 15 Apple's bitten apple, for one

 16 Search (for)

 17 Respond like Pavlov's dogs

 18 Scandinavian capital

 19 Arthur Ashe Courage Award, e.g.

 20 Motor City baseball team

 23 "I do"

 24 Taxing agcy.

 25 Consumed amount

 28 "Hugo" actor Butterfield

 29 Filled with amazement

 31 Seize

 32 Runner's statistic for part of a race

 36 Western necktie

 37 Like a desert

 38 Blow off lots of steam?

 40 Place to bake a cake

 41 Relocate

 42 European commune known for sparkling wine

 44 Hydrogen's atomic number

 45 Walking support

 47 UNLV or UCLA

 48 Gymnast's off-the-ground maneuver

 50 ___-fi

 51 Afternoon drink

 54 What may stop you from scratching

 58 "C'mon, man!"

 60 Off-the-wall effect?

 61 Ted ___ (coach played by Jason Sudeikis)

 62 "Right now!"

 63 Nifty

 64 Go inside

 65 Ernie's pal

 66 Shipped

 67 Hairdo ... or do, as hair


DOWN

  1 Dizzy with excitement

  2 Concur

  3 Casino machines

  4 Low-quality

  5 Concerto star

  6 What blood thinners prevent

  7 Misplaced

  8 Fruit named for its unattractiveness

  9 Get down to disco music

 10 Warn

 11 Brazilian dance

 12 Take, as a plea

 13 Word before or after "blue"

 21 Extremely mad

 22 G, for one U.S. state's name

 26 Superman's birth name

 27 Material for black piano keys

 28 Helper

 29 Get a laugh out of

 30 Sobbed

 32 Pacific island nation

 33 Likely (to)

 34 Source of storm updates

 35 Neighbor of Pakistan

 36 This and that

 39 47-Across for NYU art students

 43 They grow down

 45 Manx or Siamese pet

 46 1986 Sigourney Weaver sequel set in space

 49 Not competent

 50 "The Office" character Michael

 51 Easy to irritate

 52 Artist's stand

 53 Love, in Livorno

 55 Slushy drink

 56 Better safe ___ sorry

 57 Go on a tirade

 58 Bit of glue

 59 Employ

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