‘get the boot’

ACROSS 1 Have a chat 5 “I beg of you...” 11 ___ Four (Beatles) 14 Taiwanese computer company 15 Made sleepy 16 Copacabana city, informally 17 *Corner square in Monopoly 19 Unusual 20 Pest control target 21 Green pool growth 23 Wranglers alternatives 24 Leftover bit 26 Savory gelatin dishes 29 Snake eyes sum 30 Straitlaced 33 Eeyore’s creator 34 Pakistan neighbor 35 Triceratops, e.g., briefly 36 Sch. booster group 37 *Secondary wager 40 New England Patriots’ org. 41 Beginner’s supposed advantage 43 Flippers 44 Took part in the Daytona 500 46 Fencing sword 47 Landscaping roll 48 Overly thin, as soup 49 Snake’s secretion 51 Transport freight 52 Accra’s country 54 All together 58 “You’ve got mail” company 59 Crowdfunding site, and a hint to the starred entries’ first words 63 Hall of Famer Gehrig 64 Plaza Hotel girl 65 Spots for dumbbells 66 Hairy primate 67 Dinged 68 Depart the stage DOWN 1 President William Howard 2 Part of a parcel 3 Look at wolfishly 4 Moscow complex 5 Dinner dishes 6 Tackle box items 7 Rockies roamer 8 Will Smith’s role in a boxer biopic 9 Bernie Sanders’ title: Abbr. 10 FBI biopic J. ___ 11 *Fairy-tale creature transformed by a kiss 12 Verdi opera set in Egypt 13 Presage 18 Musical compositions 22 Hollywood patrol force, briefly 24 Sailors’ mops 25 Dairy Queen choice 26 Plentiful 27 Stomach-flattening exercise 28 *Digit’s worth 29 General pattern 31 Deduce 32 Like fuzzy food in the fridge 34 Take the cake, e.g. 38 “Should that prove true...” 39 Psychological harm 42 Enthusiastic 45 Being pursued, as a fugitive 48 Wished for 50 Baring it all 51 Steppenwolf author 52 Festive celebration 53 Basketball basket 55 River to Hades 56 Big rig 57 Former word for “formerly” 60 ___ de la Cite 61 Negative aspect 62 Set of tools, say