Across
1. 42 Across name
4. Wire piece
8. "President" and "pope" and "Pennsylvania"
14. Top rank
15. "Leaving Las Vegas" Oscar nominee
16. Wit, in simile
17. "I'm ___ roll!"
18. Towel word
19. Goes postal
20. Former VP candidate/West Belfast MP
23. Words before "and away"
24. Decide
25. 1994 Russell Crowe movie "The ___ of Us"
28. Former Canadian PM/spy
32. Surname in a Beatles title
33. Recently bankrupted carrier, on the NYSE
34. "___ the saddest experience ..." (Three Dog Night lyric)
35. Office of power
36. 20 Across name
38. Many a Streisand hit
39. It may be linked to
40. College, in German slang
41. They eventually adopted Celtic Christianity
42. Ex-congresswoman/senator
46. "This ___ test"
47. Issue side
48. Pay one's dues to get
49. Former first lady/comic-political columnist
54. John and Sean of Hollywood
57. Houses: Lat.
58. Guatemalan garlic
59. 49 Across name
60. ___ the finish (competitive)
61. Aries or Taurus
62. Mental sharpness
63. Hamiltonian papers, so to speak
64. 28 Across name

Down
1. Vanishing act sound
2. ___ of Cleves (one of Henry VIII's wives)
3. Amazing streak
4. Loves life
5. Last two words of an oft-quoted Shakespeare line
6. Its flag is blue with gold stars
7. Southwest draw
8. Try to get in beforehand
9. Good personal quality
10. "Crime and Punishment" is one
11. Cemetery etching
12. "8 Mile" setting: abbr.
13. They're known for voting: abbr.
21. Tank, e.g.
22. American money, in Mexico
25. Go toward Gomorrah
26. The condition of being in a certain place
27. P.D. James bks.
28. Branch of political science
29. Christie's name
30. Pulitzer-winning novelist Alison
31. The Wabash traverses it
32. Big section of Rome's phone book
36. Second-largest of the Channel Islands
37. Finish with
41. Government issues
43. Christmas morning command
44. Given a new look
45. He's no expert
49. Former NBA star Vandeweghe
50. Use carets
51. Get rid of
52. California hometown of "The Six-Million Dollar Man"
53. Societal standard
54. Classic rock album of 1977
55. ___ fly
56. Fort Worth sch.