The New York Times - Crossword Puzzle May 21st 2016 lyrics

DAILY THEME ACROSS 1 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 Ma**age deeply 35 She battled Lucy in "k** 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 DOWN 1 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 h*mophone 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 Pa**age 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