Animal whose legs resemble that of cancerous tumors
9A
Opera songs
11A
Relaxing time in hot water, maybe with some bubbles
12A
Bacon portions
14A
Fly downwards suddenly
16A
Berry found in smoothies (I've never had one though)
17A
Bob who showed us The Joy of Painting
20A
Medical treatment some may go through for gender dysphoria, abbr.
21A
Vocalist for bangers like "World is Mine", "Senbonzakura", "Rolling Girl" (yes please go listen to them all), and even the Nyan Cat song "Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya!"
25A
It counts as either 1 or 11 in blackjack
26A
Country neighboring Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso (you would know if you've played Worldle)
27A
Obsess with someone, e.g. a K-Pop star
29A
Wrestler known as "The Giant"
33A
"Here's ___!" (being optimistic)
36A
Google cloud offering which France recently removed from schools
37A
New SI metric prefix equivalent to 10²⁷ added in 2022, above yotta
38A
___ mater (former school)
39A
They may be graphic, or cotton
40A
Opposite of "nope!"
Verticales
1D
Result of the England vs USA World Cup match, which disappointed many people who actually cared
2D
Defense org. that's been in the news since Feb. 2022
3D
Dislikes, like nature would to a vacuum
4D
Possesses
5D
Piece in a museum
6D
Turkish currency
7D
Chinese martial art practiced for some health benefits
8D
"Survivor" network
10D
Thing that might fly out of faulty electronics
13D
In ___ (in its original place), or short for circumstances
15D
Facial expression when you're a little displeased
18D
___-cone
19D
Video game publisher that produces rhythm games for 21A
21D
MD5, SHA-1, or ___ browns
22D
One following instructions from a director
23D
It might be short and stout
24D
Terrible start to the week, as Garfield would say (even though he has no obligation to do anything different)
28D
The largest numerical value on a Mahjong tile
30D
Food production corporation that overthrew some Central American governments
31D
Mounties' org.
32D
Org. that developed the Ariane 5 on which the JWST was launched
34D
Direction opposite SSW
35D
"The price of ___ is too dang high!" (common complaint from people who drive giant trucks)