Today's crossword

ACROSS

1 Frito pie ingredient

6 Percussion-based theater troupe

11 Back in the day

14 TV signal part

15 SAT prep help, often

16 Like beach volleyball players

17 Casino array

18 See 6-Down

19 Trellis growth

20 “Freeze!”

21 Former spouse who never lets things get awkward?

23 Serpentine fish

25 Streisand film based on a Singer story

26 Outcome when a salon student makes waves?

32 Holy __

33 Cleared for

takeoff?

34 Low nos. for aces

38 Many Egyptians

40 Domino dot

41 Day of the Dead drink

42 Arizona locale for spring training fans

43 Suits

45 Silent communication sys.

46 Luring an academic to the dark side?

49 “The City & the City” novelist Miéville

51 WSJ news topic

52 Taylor Swift hit song about defying the haters, and an apt title for this puzzle 56 Cause of inflation?

60 “Nailed it!”

61 Miyazaki’s genre

62 Binge

63 Snare

64 Four-time Australian Open winner

65 Piano part 66 Weep

67 Utopias

68 Mature

DOWN

1 “Hurt” singer

2 Dance for a lei person

3 TV competition, familiarly

4 Kitten caboodle

5 Apple platform

6 With 18-Across, ingredient in fivespice powder

7 Fish in salade niçoise

8 Ear-relevant?

9 Sauntered

10 Want more

11 Listing

12 Chairperson’s hammer

13 Black stone

21 Series set at McKinley High

22 Not fulfilled

24 Winds down

26 Rich soil

27 Word on some European postage stamps

28 “That’s a shame”

29 Mature

30 Octavia Butler’s genre

31 “Fast Food My Way” chef Jacques

35 Have a good laugh

36 Besides

37 Mirror image

39 Dyeing art

41 PDQ

43 Clocked

44 “What a long week” sigh

47 Trepidation

48 Burst

49 Pull (for)

50 Impulsive

52 Out of __

53 Bananagrams piece

54 Sign

55 Own (up)

57 Lahore tongue

58 Repast

59 Hide

62 Après-ski option