Side dish that dates back to 1802 (served with mustard and melted butter!)
18A
"Okay okay, stop knocking!!"
19A
Behind
20A
Droop
21A
Exam where a 1 means "No recommendation"
23A
Players deal with them
25A
Shape of Annabeth Chase's earrings in the Percy Jackson series ((she is the daughter of Athena))
27A
"___ Guy" (Diana King bop)
28A
Money that you pay in order to ACCESS YOUR OWN MONEY!!! >:(
31A
Creature on the back cover of Jon Scieszka's "Fairly Stupid Tales"
32A
Descriptor for a comb that you should not use if you have curly hair
36A
"What are ___!"
38A
Your, in crossword-speak
39A
Detest
41A
Wallace ___ (talent agent who would ply clients with famously good chocolate chip cookies)
42A
Amino acid that is hidden in "cold opal"
44A
"Stop fidgeting!"
46A
People around a Thanksgiving table, maybe
47A
Sextet in many cars
49A
Word with "Lasso" or "talk"
50A
"New Amerykah Part One" artist
51A
The "Aspire 5" and the "Swift 3"
56A
Reason for limits on the right to vote, some adolescents argue
58A
Fig. that's infinite on an ebike
61A
Landed
62A
___ Lowry, author of "The Giver"
63A
Nickname for singer and UN Ambassador Miriam Makeba
66A
Letters for John Legend or Audrey Hepburn
67A
"Love that idea more!"
68A
Jo's boys, to Jo
69A
Milo Ventimiglia film about a high school bucket list
Verticali
1D
Fuck!
2D
Bella Swan's mother
3D
Early computer whose C stands for "computer"
4D
Fictional delivery service
5D
Solo lead?
6D
Brews at a party where all the guys have beards and tote bags and fixie bikes and someone's playing The Mountain Goats on vinyl and there is a poster of a subway map on the wall
7D
"Pretty Little Liars" character who knits her own bras
8D
Beach bars?
9D
"How ___ became a professional sport" (Vox article)
10D
Spot that was taken?
11D
___ distance (measure of text similarity)
12D
Returns
13D
Wants to smash, perhaps
14D
Syndrome for Goofy in "An Extremely Goofy Movie"
22D
emphatic but silent wave
24D
Used a Steelcase Leap
26D
"Fingers crossed!!"
29D
"they say i can't do it, bitch watch me // all you lame hoes turn hatin ___ hobby" (Megan thee Stallion on "Dolla Sign Slime")
30D
Packed
32D
Legendary stories?
33D
Site that did not successfully fund the "Nancy Pelosi's 80th Birthday Custom Crossword" campaign
34D
Rhyming nickname for "Prime Time"
35D
"I have a fifth sense! It's like I have ___N or something..." ("Mean Girls")
37D
Japanese affirmative
40D
"Gregor the Overlander" creature known as a "gnawer"
43D
"Be on the lookout" messages, for short
45D
Org. that might investigate your case
48D
___ into (struck)
52D
French menu item?
53D
One percent-ers
54D
Like potatoes in a gnocchi recipe
55D
Items for sale on cosmonova.org
57D
Endings with Marx or Lenin
59D
Huff and puff
60D
Former Bon Appetit Kitchen Manager Melian
64D
One-named author of "What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything?"
65D
Like people around a Thanksgiving table, hopefully