With 33a, Start to a key chorus line of the Bill Haley & His Comets hit featured in “Happy Days” (subsequently finished by the circle squares in this puzzle)
14A
Govt. owned business
15A
Jumbled up fairy
16A
Spotting a tail, or a possible description of this puzzle’s theme
19A
__ _ ___about (driving a circle)
22A
Jumbled up fib
24A
High-minded stuff?
26A
Hesitating gait
31A
Like many over-protective puppies
32A
“That’s meant to be”
33A
See 13a
34A
Grieg's "___ Death"
Verticales
1D
Time not mentioned is the song referenced in 13a (located appropriately for this puzzle’s theme)
2D
Peace Nobelist Sakharov
3D
Cut with light
4D
Sacha Baron Cohen persona
5D
Far-left protest group
6D
Online newsgroup system, or ___ a ___ (fishing method)
7D
___ bag (post event takeaway)
8D
Desert without a Nintendo handheld
9D
Multiple of a little
10D
Dwarf buffalo
11D
Cannabis preparation named after its creator who used it to heal his tinnitus