In the past couple of weeks I've been in Monaco, Éze (France), Venice, Slovenia (Ljubljana), Croatia (Zadar and Šibenik), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar), Montenegro, and Greece (Corfu and Argostoli). If you're interested, I've been writing about and posting photos of the trip on my blog, PuffinlessTravel.com. Please check it out!
The "Queen of Laurel Canyon" (singer of "Dream a Little Dream of Me")
15A
Sentence cutter
16A
Ivory Tower-dom
17A
Tom Clancy oeuvre
19A
First Black player on the United States Davis Cup team
20A
Intersection of pineapples and '90s presidential candidates
21A
Intersection of nests and clothing brands
22A
She played Elle in Legally Blonde and June in Walk the Line
24A
Israel's Netanyahu, familiarly
25A
Bolt in Pumas
28A
Palm product
30A
Barge
33A
Slightly possible
35A
Cry, or one who might make you cry
37A
Satyajit Ray's seminal "The ___ Trilogy"
38A
Arceus was the first
39A
Moleskine product
41A
Fish that's a unisex name backwards
42A
Chopper
43A
Acts on remand
44A
Da opposite
46A
Woe ___
48A
Messages predecessor
49A
Mobility aid my Dad mutinied against
51A
Character Sirko ("Dexter") or actor Presley ("Fuller House")
53A
Sentiment on El Día de San Valentín (and hopefully el resto del año)
55A
Sibilant atttitude
56A
"The Biggest Little City in the World"
60A
Suspicious statement about a young child in another room
63A
Highsmith who created Tom Ripley
64A
Scoring guide
65A
They're in the know
66A
Studio props
Down
1D
Animal rights org.
2D
Composer/conductor Thomas, who presumably likes his summer coolers
3D
Lavish
4D
Treat as an alien
5D
"I saw ___ Chaney walking with the Queen" (Warren Zevon, "Werewolves of London")
6D
Take a toll on, as weather
7D
Composer/conductor Gustav, whose surname does not indicate a drink preference
8D
One of one hundred in Pooh's Wood
9D
Le cinquième moins
10D
He lost to Ike twice
11D
Variety types
12D
National Book Critics Circle award winner for fiction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
13D
Voice that seems to enjoy joining conversations she's not part of
14D
Typical encl.
18D
Puerto Rican treats
23D
"___ of the State" (Blink 182)
24D
English mathematician/philosopher who is the eponym for a kind of algebra
25D
Let your pigs out, maybe
26D
Word to call your pigs back
27D
Supports for fractured tali
29D
Brewed shot
31D
"I'm going to Wichita/Far from this ___ forevermore" (White Stripes, "Seven Nation Army")
32D
Brat, e.g.
34D
"Chicago" lead
36D
Bay (Sp.) (It's a near-cognate)
40D
They might offer relief for a tight trapezius
45D
Soy relative
47D
MX-5s
50D
Decision not to submit a proposal
52D
"He's ___ loser" (he wouldn't even shake hands)
53D
Conical home (var.)
54D
___ Thomas (ex-NBA star who has written a book entitled "Police Brutality and White Supremacy: The Fight Against American Traditions" (it's a name that's the mirror image of a much more common nickname)