ACROSS

1. Unit of brightness for screens

5. Lower backbones

10. “I’m gonna pass on that…”

14. Prefix with -matic

15. ___ mignon 

16. ___fried’s dragon

17. Underwater woodland

19. The other authors, briefly

20. Japanese fried cutlets dish

21. *

23. International association for (including, but not limited to) studies and surfing

24. Go, to a Scot

26. Over and over and over…

27. What the starred clues clearly are, or a descriptor of American suburbia

31. Power tools company

34. The transparent part of glasses

35. “You Broke Me First” singer Tate Mc___

36. Hertz competitor

37. Seth MacFarlane stuffed toy

38. Programming for older viewers

39. Get ___ of

40. Bring ___ (two words)

42. *

44. Habitual lifter

47. The guy with the fables

48. Choose, with “for”

49. On the Mtns in the morning?

52. Certain Medieval artilleryman

55. Type of khaki pant

57. Mil. unit

58. *Bows*/ what one might say while bowing

60. ____ Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason creator)

61. ____way to Heaven

62. Plural of an Oberlin street, similar to Maple and Elm

63. One who colors fabrics

64. Connecting the dots (to)

65. “I ___, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly”

DOWN

1. Point of commonality between leading female GOP presidential candidate and Review Editor-in-Chief 

2. Light bulbs, figuratively

3. ____whirl, a popular carnival ride

4. Soaks 

5. Bay Area airport

6. Bouncy mattress

7. One of three fictional mermaids in a hit 2000s TV show

8. Molded differently

9. Abbreviation for the position held by Jeff Sessions from 2017–2018

10. Password partner, often

11. Land close to home

12. Clean

13. To stare, mouth agape

18. Centri____ force

22. In, in French 

25. Jazz Pianist Tatum 

27. Job for un détective privé

28. Celebrated anonymous Italian author Ferrante

29. A rose by any other ___ would smell as sweet

30. Shade of blue

31. One of two sides in the movie franchise Star Wars 

32. How Perry the Platypus might describe Doctor Doofenshmirtz

33. 0.5 setting

37. “Free Fallin’” and “American Girl” singer

38. Primary psychoactive compound in cannabis

40. “Make ___”(two words): “Star Trek” Catchphrase

41. *

42. Aglet, to a shoelace

43. “Smart” accessory

45. *Painter, with Canadian accent 

46. What a weather reporter might say on a sunny day

49. *

50. Edible Japanese mushroom

51. 0/100, say

52. Street ___

53. Eagle’s nest: Var.

54. Morales of “Ozark”

56. The Devil’s cloven ___

59.Houston’s ___ Stadium