About the Puzzle

This one obviously wasn't going to be picked up by the papers, given the focus on country music stars. It's got some of my better fill, even if the theme maybe isn't quite as funny as I hoped it would be.

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  • 1 Orion's accessory
  • 5 Dinosaur
  • 10 It can turn
  • 14 Opera highlight
  • 15 Heath
  • 16 Gulf between Somalia and Yemen
  • 17 7PM: He's got friends in...costumes? The country icon geeks out at Comic-Con.
  • 19 Cheerful
  • 20 Many memorials
  • 21 Black flower
  • 23 Ravi's follower?
  • 24 Like a ballerina
  • 26 8PM: Kenny takes a gamble with a residency in the hipster hotbed.
  • 32 Graybacks
  • 33 Horne on the Walk of Fame
  • 34 Unfamiliar
  • 36 Legislation nicknamed after 28-Down (abbr)
  • 37 Arthur who played a Golden Girl
  • 38 Mineral suffix
  • 40 In favor of
  • 41 High-energy radiation
  • 43 Raja's wife
  • 45 Long snakes
  • 46 9PM: Dolly shows Paris how they do it in Nashville.
  • 49 In need of a massage
  • 50 Charge
  • 51 Remove with precision
  • 54 AL MVP Jose who penned "Juiced"
  • 58 Wipe the floor with
  • 59 10PM: Shania feels like a woman from 1850 as she retraces the Oregon Trail.
  • 62 Clothing
  • 63 Throw your hat in the ring
  • 64 Pretentious
  • 65 "Bette Davis ____" (Kim Carnes hit)
  • 66 Irish poet
  • 67 Super Bowl of 2015
  • 1 Features on a tired face
  • 2 Part of QED
  • 3 Euro's predecessor in Italy
  • 4 Ink
  • 5 Wake-up call
  • 6 Ages
  • 7 It goes on a drink
  • 8 It goes in a drink
  • 9 It might leave you breathless
  • 10 Michael Jordan, in college
  • 11 Inspirational type
  • 12 He loved Lucy
  • 13 Big name in new age
  • 18 Bruce Banner's incredible alter ego
  • 22 Pond scum
  • 24 Advice-lending Landers
  • 25 Like old films
  • 26 Toot your own horn
  • 27 Summary
  • 28 See 36-Across
  • 29 Aches
  • 30 Put down
  • 31 Mountaineer's obstacle
  • 35 Munch
  • 37 "Psycho" motel
  • 39 Breakfast place
  • 42 What they called Poitier on screen
  • 44 Protestant denom.
  • 45 Worker's product
  • 47 Like an immigrant's ticket
  • 48 Check for a landlord
  • 51 Bono's bandmate
  • 52 Medical drama prop
  • 53 Silver bullet
  • 54 Filly's male counterpart
  • 55 Not quite a duke
  • 56 ____ Field (Shea's replacement)
  • 57 Black gemstone
  • 60 Oaf
  • 61 So. No.