Remark after reading the clue for 7-Across, for most
14A
A number puzzle (that could be paired with the middle evolution in Butterfree's evolution line in an indie-constructed Split Decisions)
15A
11-Down's clue, for one
16A
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't lead a horse to milk" and others, as my kindergarten self thought it was
17A
"Help!"
19A
When doubled, a number puzzle
20A
Identical rhyme of 7-Across
21A
Interesting
24A
They Might Be Giants children's song whose lyrics remind me of CDB! by William Steig
25A
Someone who you're back together with, in slang that nobody uses (but it should be used, definitely)
26A
[insert annoying and stale clue that references Prince's When Doves Cry here]
27A
Awe and others
30A
"What in the ___ is going on?"
33A
Fishing line material
34A
Like most people, identity-wise
35A
Group of "Homies+", as my friend Jax phrased it (Abbr.)
37A
Crosswordese weapon
39A
Lack support
40A
Band whose members all look like gay men but that's just the aesthetic of British 80s rock bands I guess, with "The"
41A
Liking frogs, stereotypically
43A
BSer's confession
44A
___ fly
45A
"She's 12?"
46A
State with its own power grid
47A
It may have a treasure map on it
49A
Animal whose name basically means the same thing without its first and third letters
50A
Transgender musician with the album "Kick I"
51A
Banger, both opinionatedly and statistically
53A
Pierce Hawthorne from Community refused to drink pinot ___ because he thought it meant "black penis"
54A
Tab
55A
A good measurement?
56A
___ and Allo (Oneohtrix Point Never song whose title translates to "Self and Other")
Verticales
1D
Uracil haver
2D
Steve's partner, they say
3D
Formation not found in the world's largest desert
4D
Not IRL
5D
Adjective that means nothing because gender is a construct anyway
6D
Stirred them stumps
7D
Jackson of the Panini music video
8D
Relatives of 49-Across
9D
2014 J-Lo and T.I. song off of her album of the same name
10D
Prop for a certain cartoon bulldog
11D
It's all the rage!
12D
Sigur ___
17D
Fake
18D
Wordy, kinda
19D
An oast is a ___ for 28-Down (this has been today's lesson in Crosswordese)
22D
Danny Brown (ft. Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Earl Sweatshirt) - Really ___
23D
Dreamer
28D
See 19-Down
29D
Deserve a blessing?
31D
Butt
32D
Death Grips - ___ Eagle Cross The Block
36D
Queen City team
38D
They can be oral, but not anal (I don't think (I would hope))
39D
Well-known Rob Thomas collaborator
40D
Bard bud, maybe
41D
"Demon of Might", in Sindarin
42D
DNA profile??? (Because DNA is a protein and profile in this case is used in the context of the phrase "flavor prof-" yeah you know what this clue sucks I'm sorry)
43D
Friday Night Funkin's site
44D
Cross
48D
Kvetch
49D
You can take one, or you can throw yours away
52D
Crime drama that John Mulaney poked fun at in his New In Town special, for short