11. Long-running ABC show, to fans

15. Bridge icebreaker

16. "May I say something?"

17. One finishing with fewer points

18. Long-serving New York congresswoman Lowey

19. Jessica Simpson's little sister

20. Brine

22. Forlorn one's need, briefly

24. Veronique, for one: abbr.

25. Act on a primal urge

26. Thread in a series

31. Title locale of five 1980s films: abbr.

33. Sea lion, for one

35. Dairy Queen supply

37. Rash

38. __ oil (ingredient in some health care products)

39. Give a stump speech

40. Longtime MLB owner-commissioner Bud

41. Oculist

43. Sci-fi novelist __ S. Tepper

45. Reason for a pass

46. Follower of McCarthy

47. Shingle abbr.

49. Theater ticket datum

50. __ rail (take Amtrak)

53. Managed

58. Great deal

59. Typical fellow

61. Like some IRA owners

62. Working hours

63. Federal org. with compliance officers

64. Breaks down

1. Chihuahua howdy

2. PFCs' addresses

3. Meeting, in modern jargon

4. Plant in the pea family

5. Right, as an angle

6. "__ Ashes"

7. Some HDTVs

8. Sacred bird of Egypt

9. Waits

10. Form a thought

11. "SNL" cast member with Phil and Kevin

12. "Is This Love" (1987) glam-metal band

13. Private talks

14. Sophisticated

21. Greeter of new homeowners

23. Fisherman's basket

26. Time in therapy, e.g.: abbr.

27. The Met's "Hunt of the Unicorn" and others

28. Dentist's concern

29. Connect anew

30. Transport over sand?

32. He tried to have Capone killed in 1926

34. Month or module start

36. Knights' titles in "A Game of Thrones"

42. Leaf pores

44. Staten or Manhattan

46. Computer consultant

48. 1970 Leon Uris courtroom novel

51. Hindu sacred text

52. Pines

54. Adroit

55. Pianist Gilels

56. Rocker Matthews

57. Washingtons

60. __ sleep