puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Exclude

  5 Cheer squad?

  9 Microwave's "Done!"

 13 Route

 14 Drink brand with a wintry logo

 15 Pale purple

 16 Ending for "teen"

 17 Fashion journalist Garcia

 18 Spot seller

 19 Valuable designation for a collector

 22 Zoning unit

 23 How many '00s mixtapes were stored

 24 Prepare to order a drink

 32 One-named Irish singer

 33 Negative conjunction

 34 Not just punctual

 35 Boxer Nico ___ Walsh

 36 Requirement when buying booze

 39 Outdated

 40 North Pole resident

 42 Write

 43 ___ gras (duck delicacy)

 44 Balancing daredevil

 48 Printer paper unit

 49 "___ we there yet?"

 50 Creature comforts? ... and a hint to the words that bookend 19-, 24- and 44-Across

 57 Indifferent

 58 Main point

 59 "Ah, gotcha"

 60 Drink with a pumpkin spice variety

 61 Water, for a Super Soaker

 62 Gluttony and greed

 63 Great Basin indigenous group

 64 Fiefdom laborer

 65 ___ it out (settle a beef)

DOWN

  1 Libra's birthstone, often

  2 Travelers to Bethlehem

  3 Romantic duo, in a tabloid

  4 ___ in Manila (iconic 1975 boxing match)

  5 Optimize with small adjustments

  6 LSD

  7 Hawaiian goose found in "pine needles"

  8 Personal watercraft brand

  9 "I wouldn't do that"

 10 French bread?

 11 All tied up

 12 Liveliness

 15 Paired

 20 North Pole product

 21 Football turnover: Abbr.

 24 Godzilla, for example

 25 Zhou in Chinese history (A-LINE anagram)

 26 Being deceitful

 27 '90s collectible disk

 28 Von ___ ("The Sound of Music" surname)

 29 Small stream

 30 Nickname that sounds like a passageway

 31 Winona of "Stranger Things"

 36 Library penalty

 37 Director Spike

 38 Needing

 41 Pushes forcefully

 43 Dutch dialect spoken in Belgium

 45 U.K. military flyers

 46 High-end watches featuring a Greek letter

 47 Singer Grande, familiarly

 50 Fence component

 51 ___ Modern (London museum)

 52 It's worth two nickels

 53 Whispery video genre, for short

 54 Himalayas' home

 55 Camera part

 56 Group hangout, slangily

 57 ___-ray disc

solution