LATERAL THINKING

ACROSS

1. Bit of fishtank greenery, perhaps

5. Football role for Reagan

9. “___ fightin’ words!”

14. Cookie cream in an Oreo brand

15. Harem rooms

16. Split, as a board

17. Artificial grass brand

19. In ___ (embryonic)

20. Available for tenants (2,4)

21. “Already started, boss!” (2,2,2)

22. Un ___ (a little bit, in French)

24. Photo art stretched on a frame (6,5)

26. Loud yet broody music genre

28. “You can’t mean me!”

29. Sainte-___ (Quebec City suburb)

30. “If ___ a dime for every ...” (1,3)

31. Reduce to a pulp, casually

33. Stage piece for one actor (4,11)

40. China’s so-called “Las Vegas of Asia”

41. CC on an email, with “in”

42. Jamaican with the hit single “Cheerleader”

45. Offshore oil structure

46. Collie’s little cousin

49. Six-string hybrid played by Springsteen (5,6)

52. Stout alternative

53. Sums up

54. Satellite radio named for a star

56. Based on ___ story (1,4)

57. Happen upon ... or a directional hint to the words formed by the circled letters

60. “This ___ for the records” (2,3)

61. Heart tests, for short

62. Troubadour’s instrument

63. Fits one in the other

64. “The ___ the limit!”

65. Whacked, or a whole whack

DOWN

1. Simile “glue” words (2,1)

2. Captain’s subordinates: Abbr.

3. Like German, to an Anglo’s ear

4. Curl La La user’s do

5. Sidelines refrain (2,4)

6. Spoken shrug (1,5)

7. Original tale’s fourth sequel (4,1)

8. Pressure measure: Abbr.

9. Term for far-right populism, since 2016

10. ___ Miss (Ontario lotto game) (3,2)

11. Regardless of whether (4,2)

12. Spanish sheep breed, or its wool

13. Haisla rap duo ___ Nose Rez Kids

18. Creature on the Canucks logo

21. This ___ Happy Place (family cottage sign, say) (2,3)

22. Three-pronged Greek letters

23. Speaker system for Alexa

25. Magazine articles?

27. Biblical land given to Esau

31. Vancouver school named for an explorer: Abbr.

32. School locker location

34. Ones who don’t finish sentences?

35. Smokeless smokes

36. Spaghetti sauce brand

37. Absolutely no one (3,1,4)

38. Slinky, essentially

39. Sport from the French for “sword”

42. Procure

43. China’s ___-tung (3,3)

44. Preambles, in brief

46. Unlikely to share

47. Badger

48. Peterson of “Corner Gas”

50. Pleasant little outing

51. Comment from a chronic loser (1,4)

55. Web addresses

57. Home phone line: Abbr.

58. Title for Jeanne d’Arc: Abbr.

59. Do a darn thing?