puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Fake call from the IRS, e.g.

  5 Courts

  9 Good news after a job interview

 14 Cab

 15 Colts' city, for short

 16 Lionhearted

 17 "I agree 100%!"

 18 Extra-bright

 19 Stereotypically cringey H.S. subject

 20 Iconic fast-food logo (see letters 9 to 5 in this clue's answer)

 23 Ride a sloop, say

 24 Writer Hemingway

 28 Dutch spirit named after its original still (letters 11 to 8)

 31 Comedy routines

 32 ___ Pods (inedible laundry pouches)

 33 Big League Chew product

 34 Charitable offerings

 35 Joke targets

 37 Soccer great born Edson Arantes do Nascimento

 38 Animal with a pouch, briefly

 39 "Here today, ___ tomorrow"

 40 Certain baby

 41 Often-complex details (letters 6 to 3)

 45 God, in Hebrew

 46 Ilhan of "The Squad"

 47 MTV series based on "An American Family" (letters 9 to 7)

 53 Bipolar phase

 56 Jackie Robinson's Golden State sch.

 57 "Attention, please!"

 58 Startle

 59 "Anything but ___!"

 60 Baseball stitching

 61 Uses an e-cigarette

 62 Gardener's tube

 63 View on something

DOWN

  1 Dateless

  2 Pattern for blending in, informally

  3 Ice skater's 1.5-turn feat

  4 Attitudes

  5 ___ the Pooh

  6 Low tie

  7 Skunk funk

  8 In ___ (harmonized)

  9 Watch carefully

 10 California city north of Bakersfield

 11 Send via modem, perhaps

 12 December 24, for one

 13 Like a cooked lobster

 21 Gobbles up

 22 Listens to, as advice

 25 Tools used on lawns' borders

 26 What a calavera depicts, on the Day of the Dead

 27 Not racy

 28 Kobe robe

 29 Adorable animal in a river

 30 Trivial thing to pick

 31 Light hair color

 34 Diva's solo

 35 Knife variety

 36 108-card game

 37 Barbecue event popular in Hawaii

 39 Teddy ___ (bear-shaped snacks)

 40 Chew on wood, say

 42 Whole

 43 Australian animals known for sleeping

 44 Untimely comment?

 48 Baseball great Babe

 49 Video call issue

 50 Seehorn of "Better Call Saul"

 51 Security breach

 52 "Let's chat privately," on Twitter

 53 Dallas hoops pro

 54 ___ carte menu

 55 Kindergartner's break

solution