“Bird is the Word”— who knows where it’ll end up.

ACROSS

1. Rubbed out, gangster-style

6. Feasted

9. Laundry issue

14. Island near 11-Down

15. Bit of a beverage

16. “Why am ___?”

17. Tiny solution for cleaning up (like an understaffed moderation team)

19. Original “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” host

20. Lyrical poem

21. Symbol of clumsiness (like announcing, then canceling, an $8/month verification system)

23. Royal sphere

25. Mine contents

26. EGOT winner Moreno

27. Wood for wine barrels

29. Wanna-___ (imitators)

30. Packers’ org.

33. Official imprint

36. Shipping units?

38. “Gotcha”

39. Use unfair tactics (like suspending accounts from just one side of the political spectrum)

42. Paleozoic, et al.

43. “A Death in the Family” Pulitzer winner

44. Centrifuge inserts

45. Place to study

46. Turn purple, perhaps

47. Shriner’s cap

48. Days long past

50. Fla. NBA team, on a scoreboard

52. Baryshnikov’s former co.

55. Evoking both happy and sad feelings (like a social network that’s provided both joy and frustration)

59. Wonderment sounds

61. Skips

62. U.K. “Love Is All Around” band which lost 40% of its members in 2022 (like a certain website that’s apparently hemorrhaging users)

64. Handles

65. Acting instructor Hagen

66. Background distraction

67. Nail file stuff

68. Spill cleaner

69. Message that can be seen hidden in order in the five longest answers (which might not be seen anymore if its platform implodes)

DOWN

1. Eight, for starters

2. “Lord of the Rings” ringbearer

3. Less in number

4. Summer, in Paris

5. Bench press muscle, briefly

6. Fur-trading tycoon John Jacob

7. Spine feature

8. Fencing sword

9. Marina of “Star Trek: The Next

Generation”

10. Taking things badly?

11. Greece/Turkey separator

12. Pleasant feeling, in reggae songs

13. Fledgling’s place

18. Moon of Endor dweller

22. “___ Off the Boat”

24. Really fails

28. Long-armed animal

29. Computer memory unit

31. Dipped, like stocks

32. “___ Make a Deal”

33. Tool building

34. Radial, e.g.

35. Whenever

36. Old Venetian VIP

37. Wowed feeling

38. Island famous for its nightlife

40. Jacket over a shirt, e.g.

41. Mother of Abel

46. Elegantly clad

47. Got off the ground

49. Weasel’s aquatic relative

50. Give credit for

51. Draw upon again

53. Stardust alter ego

54. The ones nearby

55. Femur, for one

56. Mosque figure

57. Done laps in the pool

58. Sidewalk sale pop-up

60. Don’t delete

63. Part of a car rescue