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BestCrosswords.com - "Lateral Thinking" by Barb Olson on 10/28/2022
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- Grass that doesn't grow; 19- With "in," as yet unborn; 20- Sign of a flat?; 21- Keen worker's declaration; 22- "___ importe" ("No matter," in French); 24- Photo art stretched on a frame; 26- Loud yet broody music genre; 28- "You can't mean me!"; 29- Sainte-___ (Quebec City suburb); 30- Words often following "If only"; 31- Reduce to a pulp, casually; 33- One on stage?; 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; 52- Stout alternative; 53- Sums up; 54- Satellite radio named for a star; 56- Based on ___ story; 57- Happen upon ... or a directional hint to this puzzle's theme; 60- "This ___ for the records"; 61- Heart tests, for short; 62- Troubadour's strings; 63- Fits one in the other; 64- "The ___ the limit!"; 65- Whacked, or a whole whack;   Down 1- Simile "glue" words; 2- Some C.F.B. officers; 3- Like German, to an Anglo's ear; 4- Curl La La user's do; 5- Sidelines refrain; 6- Spoken shrug; 7- Original tale's fourth sequel; 8- Part of a cost calc. in real estate; 9- Term for far-right populism, since 2016; 10- ___ Miss (Ontario lotto game); 11- Regardless of whether; 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); 22- Three-pronged Greek letters; 23- Speaker system for Alexa; 25- Magazine articles?; 27- Biblical land given to Esau; 31- Van. school named for an explorer; 32- School locker location; 34- Ones who don't finish sentences?; 35- Smokeless smokes; 36- Brand on top of spaghetti; 37- Nobody at the Pearly Gates?; 38- Slinky, essentially; 39- Sport from the French for "sword"; 42- Procure; 43- China's ___-tung; 44- Preambles, in brief; 46- Unlikely to share; 47- Badger; 48- Idle Monty Python member?; 50- Pleasant little outing; 51- Comment from a chronic loser; 55- Web addresses; 57- Almost-obsolete ph. line; 58- Room in an office bldg.; 59- Do a darn thing?;