ACROSS

  1 Spot of land in the sea

  5 Milky gem

  9 Chocolate ___ cake

 13 Nowhere in particular?

 16 Villainous

 17 Didn't get eliminated

 18 Audio brand

 19 Glide down a snowy hill

 20 Wine cave container

 21 Canal blocker?

 23 Affirmative with roots in ball culture

 25 Reason for overtime

 26 However briefly?

 27 Versatile device for a cat-owning lecturer

 33 Optimally

 36 Solidify, as mousse

 37 "By ___!" ("Golly!")

 38 Outcasts

 40 Was secretly on Grindr, maybe

 42 Doe's counterpart

 43 Goddess hidden in "apotheosis"

 45 Glue brand

 46 Admit a mistake

 49 Word after "sports" or "nursing"

 50 Political commentator Kasparian

 51 Tree fluid

 54 Not in class

 57 PC corner key

 59 Slime

 61 "I ___ your pain"

 62 Call out the bad behavior of

 65 Brazil's currency

 66 Sheet for sanding something

 67 Chooses

 68 Frees (of)

 69 "Superbad" actor Michael

DOWN

  1 Purina competitor

  2 Like a windy road

  3 Golfer Ko

  4 Season before automne

  5 Garment with snaps for easy diaper access

  6 Contracts into wrinkles

  7 Tempe sch.

  8 Like someone who starts watching "Game of Thrones" in 2022

  9 Only player in NBA history to have at least 10,000 points, rebounds and assists

 10 Declare

 11 Immigration document

 12 "Selling the OC" star Hall

 14 Non-Rx

 15 "Is something wrong?"

 22 ___ tuna

 24 Sources of holiday jingles?

 28 Actor Butterfield

 29 Bench press muscle, for short

 30 New Yorker bag, e.g.

 31 "I'm as ready as I'll ___ be"

 32 Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon

 33 Altar's church section, often

 34 "Bye now"

 35 Kid who demands candy, say

 39 Cry loudly

 41 Nickname that might drop "jah" or "as"

 44 Started phoning it in

 47 Fancy vase

 48 Goes in

 52 Visibly shocked

 53 Fake person

 54 Pick me!

 55 "Your food is ready!" microwave sound

 56 Movie theater selection

 58 Cut (off)

 60 Gumbo vegetable

 63 Friend, in French

 64 Sea-___ Airport