puzzle

ACROSS

  1 Dance in Rio

  6 Fuzzy fruit

 10 Art museum head?

 14 Mr. T's TV squad

 15 A long way off

 16 Snakes by the Nile

 17 Employment documents (In this clue's answer, note letters 3-6)

 19 Mythical mother of gods

 20 Captain Hook's right-hand man

 21 Tale of ___ (sob story)

 22 Cow in a roundup

 23 Himalayan cats with spots (letters 3-5)

 27 Musician Kamakawiwo'ole

 30 Omani, say

 31 $$$

 32 CD segment?

 34 Half an admonishment

 37 Bad medical response (letters 3-9)

 41 Hollywood icon West

 42 And others: Abbr.

 43 "SNL" producer Michaels

 44 ___-Ball (arcade game)

 46 Can-crushing comics character

 47 Gave up legal entitlements (letters 3-7)

 52 Bowling venue

 53 Road leading to Rome?

 54 Weight

 58 Tin wrap

 59 Make a sudden change, or a hint to the words transposed in 17-, 23-, 37- and 47-Across

 62 Not this

 63 Help in crime

 64 Writer with excellent morals

 65 "Soldier of Love" singer

 66 Softly throw

 67 Cherry holders


DOWN

  1 Cutting-edge tools?

  2 Bit of matter

  3 "A ___ coincidence!"

  4 Fundraiser with cakes

  5 Roadie's load

  6 (Bam!)

  7 "If you ask me ..."

  8 It's good for absolutely nothing, in a protest song

  9 Dodgers' opponent?: Abbr.

 10 Something you pick up after drinking

 11 Theater seater

 12 Drive too fast

 13 "Great" or "Terrible" old rulers

 18 Like a runaway G.I.

 22 Relaxing resort

 24 Dear partner?

 25 Artist's stand

 26 Killer whale

 27 Mosque leader

 28 Drink also called pop

 29 What nomads do

 32 Discourage

 33 Roth ___

 34 Unicycle part

 35 PlayStation 5 maker

 36 Proposal joint

 38 Germ of an idea

 39 Cornish cream component

 40 One may separate you and your blanket

 44 Slender

 45 Cipher-solving aid

 46 Excellent, in the '90s

 47 Floats like a scent

 48 "Bye," in HI

 49 "Odyssey" : journey :: ___ : war

 50 Octet of elite colleges

 51 Hanukkah presents, e.g.

 55 Lack of challenge

 56 Word below "To:"

 57 Cod liver oil amts.

 59 Rested on an ottoman

 60 "House of the Dragon" channel

 61 Helium, for one

solution