Across
1.
Not so bright
DIM
4.
Snatch
NAB
7.
Orangutans and gibbons
APES
9.
A long time ___
AGO
10.
"Really, ya think?!"
NODUH
12.
Place for an after-dinner nap, perhaps
DEN
13.
Appointing
NAMING
15.
Backyard projectiles whose sales weren’t banned until the late 1980s
LAWNDARTS
18.
Apt rhyme for "appoint"
ANOINT
19.
Crowd response at a rally to "When do we want it?"
NOW
20.
Circus structures
TENTS
24.
Beats by ___ (headphones brand)
DRE
25.
___ up the sun (get a 22-Down)
SOAK
26.
Feeling blue
SAD
27.
Double-helix material whose "permutations" are seen in this puzzle’s circled letters
DNA
Down
1.
Actor Aykroyd
DAN
2.
Stock debut for a company, for short
IPO
3.
Size between large and small: Abbr.
MED
4.
Low point
NADIR
5.
Job managing talent
AGENT
6.
Hit products?
BONGS
8.
Largest branch of Islam
SUNNI
11.
"If You ___ Been There" (2025 Dolly Parton tribute song)
HADNT
14.
Aussie buddies
MATES
15.
Connects, in a boxing ring
LANDS
16.
Best Picture winner of the 2025 Oscars
ANORA
17.
Really impressed
WOWED
21.
Acknowledge with a head movement
NOD
22.
See 25-Across
TAN
23.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones music genre
SKA