Puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 *Aftermath of a white Christmas eave?

  7 Part of RSVP

 10 Power grab

 14 Cuban capital

 15 Org. with a PreCheck program

 16 "It comes ___ surprise"

 17 Mafia code of silence

 18 Pitcher's asset

 19 Emulates Eminem

 20 "Alla vodka" pasta

 21 Signature Maryland appetizers

 23 Bon ___ (cleaner brand)

 24 *Insurance might cover it

 25 Singled out on stage

 27 Put on board

 28 McKellen who portrayed Gandalf

 29 Over again

 31 Beethoven dedicatee

 35 *Made something with unexpected consequences

 39 Composer Jule

 40 Try to annoy

 41 Place for a "me day"

 42 Succeeds in annoying

 45 Springtime bloomers

 47 With 63-Across, business fable with two mice ... or a hint to a word hidden in each starred answer

 51 Mess up

 52 Jalapenos' spicier cousins

 53 Like a sea battle

 55 Part of QED

 56 Jack's value in blackjack

 57 Tuna relative

 58 BBs and such

 59 Anderson Cooper's channel

 60 Tropic of ___

 61 Old Russian monarch

 62 Half a laugh

 63 See 47-Across

DOWN

  1 Breakfast chain that temporarily flipped its "p" to a "b"

  2 Broke into pieces

  3 50-50 bet

  4 "Rats!"

  5 Pot starter

  6 Goat's call

  7 Beatles' beat guy

  8 Haifa's country

  9 Letter between kappa and mu

 10 Chewy candies

 11 Tennis star Naomi

 12 Let float, as a currency

 13 Crew

 21 Included in a bibliography

 22 Concerto solo passage

 24 "Be that way!"

 25 Commands to attack

 26 Storyteller's "fast forward"

 30 ___ of attrition

 32 PC support

 33 Splits up

 34 Notable times

 36 Hanna or Barbera

 37 Polite addresses

 38 Black Sabbath's Osbourne

 43 Gripe

 44 Very calm

 46 HGTV designer Ford

 47 Cream of ___

 48 Injures

 49 Michelle who wrote "Becoming"

 50 "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" poet

 53 Animal pair rescuer

 54 Often-repeated tales

 57 Stealthy email letters

 

Solution