ACROSS

  1 Knock the socks off

  4 Butter and lard

  8 Breakfast bread

 13 Sheet in a diary

 15 Between ports

 16 Rolls with rice

 17 Smudge

 18 Camping "trip" in the backyard, perhaps

 20 "Are you good with this?"

 22 Lead-in to "Gaga" or "Godiva"

 23 "It could be worse"

 24 Maui's ___ Highway

 26 "Let me check"

 29 Indigenous

 33 Lion's lair

 35 TV studio status

 37 Sorceress who was Circe's niece

 38 Took off

 39 Nose or mouth

 41 Drop the ball

 42 "Must you do that ___ time?"

 44 "Fine, stay angry"

 45 Situp muscles

 46 "It's our turn!"

 48 Shape of a stretched Slinky

 50 Pairs

 52 Like a temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit

 55 Fancy-schmancy

 58 Stress-free retreat

 61 Making mischief

 63 "At Last" singer James

 64 Like some sauces or roles

 65 "M*A*S*H" actor hidden in "historical data"

 66 Mark from surgery

 67 Existential uneasiness

 68 Too interested

 69 QVC alternative


DOWN

  1 H.S. class where students study their cells

  2 Kate of "Grey's 

Anatomy"

  3 John Legend or Audrey Hepburn, in terms of awards

  4 Life in it can be hectic

  5 Regarding

  6 Tropical wood

  7 Request during a checkup

  8 LAX ID checkers

  9 Partying until the club closes, maybe

 10 Where about 60 percent of people live

 11 Not barefoot

 12 Wee

 14 "I Love Lucy" neighbor

 19 Printer ink hue

 21 "Everyone!"

 25 Casually mention dinner with Oprah, e.g.

 27 Bygone Volvo rival

 28 Toys with tails

 30 Perfect partner

 31 "Eat" or "drink," perhaps

 32 "I'm all ___!" ("Tell me!")

 33 Sketched

 34 Roof projection

 36 Rear beef cut

 40 Saving time?

 43 Candies with a "powerful cinnamon kaboom"

 47 NYC neighborhood once home to Andy Warhol

 49 French city that inspired Van Gogh

 51 "Pale Blue Dot" author Carl

 53 Stand in for

 54 Memorize, like lines

 55 Cougar

 56 Word on a shop sign

 57 Solo, at the prom

 59 Collared shirt

 60 Sci-fi escape vehicles

 62 Wordle's publisher: Abbr.