‘rockout!’

ACROSS

1 Unexpected win

6 This instant

9 Tijuana’s peninsula, informally

13 Authorized substitute

14 The “A” in UAE

16 Bad day for Caesar

17 Uvula’s location (In this answer, note

the first letter + the last 4)

19 Beds that aren’t luxurious

20 Reason for couples therapy (...first 3

letters + last 3)

22 Digital communication, for short?

23 Martial arts masters

24 Guess ___? (board game)

27 Diplomatic delicacy

30 What’s left at the end of a meal?

31 Sioux City’s state

33 Clog or wedge

35 Lubricate

39 Certain American employee (...first 3 letters + last 2)

42 “Old Macdonald” refrain

43 Work, like a bar

44 Word after “baking” or before “bread”

45 Young ‘un

47 Hurt badly

49 Maritime distress call

50 Cure-all

54 Madre’s brother

56 Death on the Nile author (...first 4 letters + last 1)

61 Hunter’s attire, briefly

62 Impossible to change, or like 17-, 20-, 39- and 56-Across?

64 At least once

65 Orange-nosed muppet 66 Repairs

67 Some wines

68 Key by the space bar

69 Wipe away

DOWN

1 Fedex rival

2 Event with teen royalty?

3 Den fixture with cushions

4 Actor in a crowd

5 Keyboard whiz

6 Simba’s mate

7 Taken by mouth

8 Lightbulb units

9 Teeth bordering canines

10 Photoshop maker

11 Martial artist in 2020’s Mulan

12 Beasts of burden

15 Hat worn in Paris

18 “Finally!”

21 Gibson garnish

24 One of six for Henry VIII

25 Colorful Hindu festival

26 Injury, to a 45-Across

28 Have a conversation

29 Spiritual emblem

32 They stir things up

34 Volcano known as Vulcan’s chimney

36 Neighbor of Vietnam

37 Ctrl+z

38 Grps. involved with Scholastic Book

Fairs

40 Illegal liquor

41 Add to a photo, perhaps

46 Provoke playfully

48 Long-distance lover’s query 50 Indiana baller

51 Source of mescal and tequila

52 Appointed

53 Train along the Northeast Corridor

55 Furry, aquatic frolicker

57 Web page code

58 Hilarious person

59 Gaels’ Division I college

60 Partner of “odds”

63 Language suffix