DAILY THEME ACROSS 1 Sweet-curd cheese
5 Start of a one-two punch
8 S.L.R. settings
14 River that turned to blood in Exodus
15 Bird with a potent kick
16 Available for rental, in Britain
17 "@#$!" from Deputy Dawg
19 Hid from the cops, say
20 Blue-gray shade
21 "Blondie" or "Dilbert"
23 QVC competitor
24 "@#$!" from Colonel Sherman Potter
27 Cinco de Mayo beer
30 Milo of "The Verdict"
31 Burglar's take
32 Robocall from the I.R.S., e.g.
35 Like Marx Brothers comedies
38 Place for quick cash, for short
39 "@#$!" from Mork
41 Prefix with freak or friendly
42 Bogus
44 Dark film genre, informally
45 Golfer Norman a.k.a. the Great White Shark
46 Christina who played Lizzie Borden
48 Takes down a notch
50 "@#$!" from SpongeBob SquarePants
53 Reggae forerunner
54 Business bigwig
55 "The Voice" airer
59 Hand down, as a family business
61 "@#$!" from Frank on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
63 Abode that's abuzz
64 WWW bookmark
65 Former Little League star Mo'ne Davis, e.g.
66 Snowsuit attachment
67 Schuss, say
68 Polish's partner DOWN 1 Breaks off
2 Competitor of Ivory and Coast
3 Bit of birdbath gunk
4 Flavoring in Kool cigarettes
5 One of the Bushes
6 Out of whack
7 Montana city that consolidated with Silver Bow County
8 Books with large pages
9 Most-downloaded app of 2016
10 Possessive pronoun in the Lord's Prayer
11 Some portable room warmers
12 Like dull-as-dishwater writing
13 Stitched together
18 MTV's "____ Flux"
22 Diamonds, in plane geometry
25 Devil-may-care
26 Baseball's Griffey
27 "Cheerio" sayer
28 Words from the witness stand
29 "According to the grapevine ..."
33 Making, as a wicker chair
34 Kind of dye with vivid colors
36 Frozen drink brand
37 Gear parts
39 Tree that sheds its bark
40 ____ fixation (Freud topic)
43 Pen tip
45 Long-winded sorts
47 Hume of "Cocoon"
49 Auto pioneer Karl
50 Giraffe's cousin
51 How prime rib may be served
52 Uriah Heep's profession
53 Much-maligned food
56 Hair holder
57 Spelling or Amos
58 Chevy plug-in car
60 Took a load off
62 Manning of the gridiron