Who nobody puts in a corner, per Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing"
10A
Perched on
14A
Callender in the frozen food aisle
15A
Creature that's like an onion, per Shrek
16A
Small bay
17A
Thespian
18A
Gambling metaphor for a risky venture
20A
Completely drunk
22A
Do the opposite of Gandalf's interaction with the Balrog in "The Fellowship of the Rings"
23A
___ Dark Materials (Philip Pullman trilogy)
24A
"What did I tell you?"
25A
Fancy schmancy or hoity-toity or artsy-fartsy
26A
Spelling bee requests
29A
Ballroom dancing move
30A
"Platoon" setting, for short
31A
Battled a bout of homesickness, with "for," for example
32A
Totally awesome
34A
Stare at like a perv
35A
Holiday dish alluded to in this puzzle's cover pic [press pause to see image]
38A
Sock-in-the-gut responses, in comics
41A
Squeal like a pig
42A
Lapis lazuli hue
46A
Tide competitor
47A
Washington and Colorado were the first two states to legalize its recreational use back in 2012
48A
Possible hitch to getting hitched?
49A
Fiat or formal decree
51A
Lawn makeup
53A
"The Mikado" costume sash
54A
Put in a mausoleum
55A
Raw, unprocessed form of chocolate that have been touted as a superfood that Jacques Torres pulled out of his pocket to use illegally in an episode of "Chopped"
58A
Too tired to do anything
60A
Target of Salk's vaccine
61A
Zoning unit, perhaps
62A
Burmese export
63A
Knock for a loop
64A
Receive the booby prize, say
65A
Feature of a piggy bank or a sexy skirt
66A
Papyrus plant, for one
Verticali
1D
Multi-vehicle collision or a shuffle-building game in which you merge two factions like pirate-aliens, zombie-dinosaurs, or ninja-wizards to crush your opponents
2D
Classic board game from India that inspired many commercial adaptations like Parcheesi, Sorry!, and Ludo
3D
Chocolatier or glassblower, for example
4D
1886 Haymarket Square hullabaloo
5D
Lowly laborer of feudal times
6D
Game played with eight large balls and one small one
7D
See eye to eye
8D
"Whiskey Lullaby" singer Paisley
9D
"Darn tootin'!"
10D
Suffered from unaccustomed exercise, perhaps
11D
Bragging, with "one's own horn"
12D
Egg-shaped
13D
Love handle?
19D
___ on the wrist
21D
Sancho Panza's mount in "Don Quixote"
25D
Jazz riff
27D
Understands, as a joke
28D
Domain name that UC Berkeley was among the first to adopt back in 1985
29D
"Blade Runner" author Philip K.
32D
Prepare for publication
33D
"What's the best song to sing when preparing your Thanksgiving turkey? All About That Baste," for example
34D
Number between dix and douze
36D
Leeway
37D
Corn unit
38D
Like a mama's boy?
39D
South American river in an Enya song title that's home to the black spot piranha
40D
Expresses in simpler terms, as a polynomial
43D
Lacking lubrication
44D
Kind of alcohol
45D
Soap segment?
47D
Uncut, as heroin
48D
Awkward thing to witness as a third wheel, for short
50D
Great Plains sight that comes from the Lakota word for "dwelling"
51D
Riyadh resident, probably
52D
Santa's reindeer, not counting Rudolph
55D
Santa's "present" for a naughty child
56D
___ Dei (organization cast as the villains in "The Da Vinci Code")