Across
1
Religion followed by MC Ren
6
Waxing gibbous, for one
11
Spice things up?
13
Kepler-20e, e.g.
14
Van Halen song that begins "I got Elvis on my elbow"
15
Went bad
16
32, 53, 64
Treasured concert souvenir, maybe
19
Franchise that has starred Elisabeth Shue and Laurence Fishburne, among many, many others
21
Go over again
22
Group featuring MC Ren
25
Lorenzo Jerald Patterson ___ MC Ren
26
Words of defiant denial
27
Catch, as a perp
28
Is at least slightly annoyed by
30
Takes charge
32
16, 53, 64
#1 on VH1's "100 Greatest Albums" list
37
Flower with Easter and Tiger varieties
40
Second entry on xwordinfo's "Most popular answers for all Shortz Era crosswords" list
41
Color between verde and púrpura
45
"Goth is when you hate the world. ___ is when the world hates you", per Urban Dictionary
46
Baseball team that plays in Anaheim, despite what their name says
48
Writer LaMarche of "You in Five Acts"
49
Plays 18 holes
51
Spanish national hero born Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar
53
16, 32, 64
2018-19 NBA Rookie of the Year for Dallas
58
Unfortunate dreidel roll
60
Plato's Allegory of the ___
61
___ Spoke Zarathustra
64
16, 32, 53
Film release of May 27, 2022, and this puzzle's theme
67
Get excited
68
Without remainder
69
Ornate section in a basilica
70
Locale of the 2018, 2020 and 2022 Olympics
Down
1
Ending with social or capital
2
The Philippine is the largest in the world
3
Kristaps Porziņģis, for one
4
Champagne, but Italian and way too sweet
5
Event that will let you know if the person you're with is a werewolf
6
When the referee in "The Karate Kid" tells the competitors that kicks to the face are not allowed, but then Daniel wins with a crane kick to his opponent's head, for one
7
"The ___ U Give" (Angie Thomas YA novel inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement)
8
One of two for most insects
9
"Didn't I tell you?!"
10
Data point that might determine when you leave for the airport: Abbr.
12
"Got it"
13
Cider mill device
17
Popular sushi fish
18
Josh who voiced Olaf in "Frozen"
19
Nickname of kid lit character Jennifer Jansen, due to her photographic memory
20
Citrus soda whose name was inspired by a winter getaway
23
Big stack of cash
24
Seeming requirement for a lead in a Marvel movie
29
Deadpan
31
2.43, for Corbin Burnes in 2021
33
"Kid Not Getting In Strange ___ For Anything Less Than King-Size Bar" ("The Onion" headline)
34
www.slashdot.___
35
Actor Jung-jae of "Squid Game"
36
Florida Representative Demings
37
Part of a long trip
38
Hot take qualifer, briefly
39
You might get one after seeing a doctor
42
Green fruit used in fritters
43
Urchin on menus
44
Wee boy
46
Pop a question
47
"Just a ___!"
50
Living thing that is biologically more similar to animals than plants
52
Units of petrol
54
Why is this always clued as [teen affliction]? I still get zits at 40 ???
55
It holds water
56
Some follicular releases
57
Actress Campbell who played Sidney Prescott in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2011, and 2022
58
Metro stop, briefly
59
"¿Que ___ es?"
62
Sch. that stood in for Harvard in the filming of "Legally Blonde"
63
2021 WNBA champions
65
Exploit to one's advantage
66
Labor organizer Perón
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