No, that's how it appears. I was just having trouble parsing the multiplication. I can see how writing "Bi- x bi- x bi-" would've looked confusing though.
Regarding Trump saying we need him, Colbert: "Yes, Trump's thoroughly unpleasant, but he's necessary... he's America's colonoscopy. It's all on camera, you don't want to watch, it helps to be sedated for the whole thing, and it's a ___."
22A
Quick turn in one direction (or is it the other direction?)
23A
Pulled apart, as two ends of a rope
24A
Early hours talk show, for short
27A
Multiple Emmy-winning series set in the South with an all-Black writing staff
31A
Clothing and outdoor equipment retailer
33A
Informal 2-word greeting
34A
Colbert: "The CDC claimed that telling the public the virus is extra airborne was just 'an honest mistake.' I believe the medical term for that is an ___."
37A
American Country singer McEntire
39A
If you dig long enough, you just might get it
40A
"It's ___ state of affairs."
41A
Regarding the CDC discouraging trick-or-treating, Colbert: "You know maybe that's for the best, anybody who goes dressed as a mummy is just going to get mugged for the ___."
46A
Chicken ___ King
47A
Middle of Biv
48A
Triple platinum album and #1 single from The Weeknd -or- The Little Prince, for example
50A
A survey found the average one in the Fortune 500 is 2.5 inches taller than the average American man
51A
Bleak
54A
Second person?
55A
Colbert, "A Wisconsin man was shocked to discover a brain washed up on the beach. The man who found it says he came across a brick-shaped package wrapped in aluminum foil with a pink rubber band along with pink flowers. Worst ___ ever."
60A
Beg
63A
Heavy breathers?
64A
Sweet jiggler
65A
Org. parodied on an episode of South Park, having sports like Crack Baby Basketball
66A
Took a gander at
67A
Pearl necklace material?
68A
Fearless ___, sculpture currently wearing a white lace collar in honor of RBG (RIP)
69A
Cheeky remarks
Verticales
1D
Baking amt.
2D
A freed Willy, for one
3D
One who's always listening, though whose name backwards is coincidentally a part of the eye
4D
A verse in a poem
5D
Because of
6D
Be unable to
7D
Like really close friends
8D
Like the Titanic (pre-ice berg)
9D
Some do it with fingers on their tongue
10D
Stewart and penis
11D
Wow
12D
Holding hands in a line, say, for short
13D
GPS component?
18D
Ticklish ivories
21D
First Scottish word of the year?
24D
Does just under 90?
25D
It's often heard when you're getting lei'd
26D
___ now, sometime soon
27D
Pertaining to the largest artery in the body
28D
A person's soulmate
29D
One's need to breed?
30D
For each
32D
A sheep's bleat
35D
Lady of La Mancha, for short
36D
Informal assents
38D
Self-described floater and stinger
42D
Prodded forward
43D
Unable to decide
44D
Everlasting
45D
Untangle. But curiously, adding "un" maintains its definition
49D
Theatrical performances with music, dance, and sketches
52D
Frequent activity for bouncers, for short
53D
Thanks in French (and in Farsi!)
55D
A mighty wind
56D
Katy Perry is woman, hear her ___
57D
New Age singer and Crossword Hall of Famer
58D
"I shall be telling this with a sigh, somewhere ___ and ___ hence..."
59D
They're dropped to trip balls, abbr.
60D
You've probably slept with them
61D
Bill ___ Jeans, an uninspired pants commercial character played by Michael Jackson that I just made up