Crossword Puzzle May 21st 2016

DAILY THEME

ACROSS1 Pockets
16 Fictional character with a ring of power
17 Got back on the horse
18 One who's always positive
19 Cloture voter: Abbr.
20 2016 Republican Convention site: Abbr.
21 Cause of a certain dramatic departure
22 "You could've left some of that out"
24 Eastern sovereign
27 Mr. ____, protagonist in Wilde's "The Canterville Ghost"
31 "Gotcha," in old lingo
33 Massage deeply
35 She battled Lucy in "Kill Bill: Volume 1"
36 Finish better than fourth
37 Presidential moniker on "The West Wing"
38 Stuffs one's face with
40 It has base pairs
31 Sistene Chapel setting
43 Totally rules
44 Accepts as true
46 L'____ de droit (the rule of law)
48 Stan's employer on "American Dad!"
49 "I forgot the words" sounds
51 Amsterdam of l'Océan Indien, e.g.
53 Old French narrative poem
56 Was kind and generous
62 Handy sofa item
63 "Why should I?!"
64 Film come-on

DOWN1 They may be on the house: Abbr.
2 Start of a lament
3 Rest period
4 The presidency, notably
5 Standard
6 Potpourri part
7 Less of a dream
8 Anne Sexton's palindrom-inspired poem "Rats Live ____ Evil Star"
9 Fall Heavily
10 Retro do
11 "_____ Steps" (best-selling religious novel)
12 Accelerando or ritardando negator
13 Girl's name that's a homophone of a cloth
14 Dyne-centimeters
15 Impudent twerp
23 One denoted by a cross on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, for short
25 Thunderdone, e.g.
26 Zone, so to speak
28 Southern home of Stillman College
29 "Nothing's broken"
30 Lacking
31 It gets clicks for flicks
32 Ordering aid
34 Stuff down the throat of
37 Exec's perk
39 "Boy, ___!"
42 Utah, once
45 Middle Passage transport
47 Like peers
50 They may cut a sentence short
52 Player of the villain in "The Man Who Knew Too Much"
54 Los _____, Calif.
55 T.S.A. request: Abbr.
56 Clasps
57 Pick ____ (fault-find)
58 Tantrum thrower
59 Not worth ____
60 Partner in mapmaking
61 Onetime big inits. in car financing