‘unexpected turns of events’

ACROSS

1 Monster such as Shrek

5 5 + 5 = 10, for instance

8 Barber’s quick job

12 “Me too!”

14 Creole vegetable

15 Sandwich also called a grinder

16 Builder’s sign on a vacant lot?

18 Cheese in a ball

19 Say yes to

20 Beautyrest mattress maker

22 Like pigs in a blanket?

23 Dove call

24 Green Hornet’s sidekick

27 Sport where everyone dresses like a catcher?

33 Balances (out)

35 Actor Diggs

36 Earl Grey, say

37 Bleat

38 Modernizes

41 Some run between Olympic races

42 “We ___ to please”

43 Kid’s query

44 Divination deck 46 Political group focused on supplying schools with building toys?

50 Is victorious

51 Cheer in Spain

52 Carnival attraction

54 Arctic shipping hazard

58 Peter or Paul, but not Mary

62 Fly high

63 Small bathroom fixture?

65 Flow that may be 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit

66 Rental company that used the slogan “We Try Harder”

67 Essential acid variety

68 Split personalities?

69 Acquire

70 Terminates

DOWN

1 Fed. workplace watchdog

2 Gunk

3 Freeway entrance

4 Boston college

5 Make tracks in the snow

6 Coffee dispensers

7 1990s optical illusion fad

8 Group with family ties?

9 Overhaul

10 Country known for rug weaving

11 Some PTA members

13 Clickable image

14 Alpha’s opposite

17 Egg cell

21 Unlikely to brag

24 Food that a chef might skewer

25 Be of use

26 Latin lover’s line

28 Step in a flight

29 Kit ___ (breakable candy)

30 Classic video game company

31 Strung along

32 Stands the test of time

34 Nurse, like a piglet

39 Sack lunch holder

40 Chain letters?

45 “Very cool!”

47 Deadly snakes

48 School lunch holders 49 Sharp barks

53 Qatar’s capital

54 Little bit of land

55 Cajole

56 Gutter site

57 ___ a hoot (cared)

59 Perfect choice for a body double, perhaps

60 Allow to borrow

61 Cupid, to the Greeks 64 Boring thing?