puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Invited speaker

  6 Observe

 11 Ping-Pong table feature

 14 Let up

 15 Allergy season sound

 16 Sense of self

 17 *Jeri Ryan's role on "Star Trek: Picard"

 19 Type of nondairy milk

 20 Peeling onions, chopping peppers, etc.

 21 Medical tube

 22 Command-Z, on a Mac

 23 Penn of "Harold & Kumar" movies

 25 Breezy

 27 *Certain evening broadcast

 33 Word after "mud" or "water"

 35 ___ couture

 36 Fifth zodiac sign

 37 Pea holders

 38 Snowball fight hideouts

 39 Large, flat piece of clay

 40 Homophone for the letter after q

 41 "That's the answer!"

 42 Computer screen lineup

 43 *Parting words on Zoom, maybe

 46 Running behind

 47 Colorful card game

 48 "Don't go!"

 50 They may be stolen or loaded

 54 Snare

 58 Brought home the gold

 59 1960-'72 sitcom starring Fred MacMurray, and a hint to the initials of the starred clues' answers

 61 Character's transformation path

 62 Love, at the Louvre

 63 Hands, slangily

 64 The end of night?

 65 Camping structures

 66 Beginning phase


DOWN

  1 Shocked reaction

  2 App with driver ratings

  3 Roof overhang

  4 Certain children in blended families

  5 Number of pins toppled in a strike

  6 Drift, as an aroma

  7 Spots, collectively

  8 Like some pizza crust

  9 Alternative to glasses

 10 Gardening tool

 11 Popular highlighter color

 12 Old-fashioned "Yikes!"

 13 Pooch in Oz

 18 Norwegian Maritime Museum's city

 22 Big coffee dispenser

 24 Woodcutting tool, as some spell it

 26 Name within "Nairobi, Kenya"

 27 Quick look over the shoulder

 28 Cheech & ___

 29 Slowly, in music

 30 Not just short on

 31 Withdraw gradually

 32 Weeps

 33 Places to be pampered

 34 Chicago mayor Lightfoot

 38 "I'm cool with that"

 39 Moves one's chair forward

 41 Comedy shtick

 42 Hampton ___ (hotel chain)

 44 Opposing vote

 45 Melt together

 48 Hit with a paw

 49 Ripped

 51 Lots and lots

 52 Closed

 53 Drops the ball

 55 Becomes a bad apple, say

 56 Initial bet in poker

 57 (Hey there!)

 59 Yoga surface

 60 Punk rock offshoot

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