Across
1. Gun for hire
5. Certain hand-held… or holding-hands, in brief
8. Breaks down grammatically
14. Geometry calculation
15. Tribute played by Amandla Stenberg in “The Hunger Games”
16. Mountaineering tool
17. What may come back to bite you in court?
19. Schmooze
20. Connect with
21. Famed female fighter Rousey
22. Post-apocalyptic Christmas?
25. Nerds
27. Trojan Horse, for example
28. Sonata part that comes from the Italian for “round”
29. Littl’un
31. Strain, as flour
35. Org. that registers boxers
36. Time period after an intense sunburn?
39. Swell place?
40. Buzzers
42. Slightly
43. Backpack part
45. Burgundy or Bordeaux
47. Morphine e.g.
48. Guillotine?
53. Clue board sections
54. Bach work
56. “The Kissing Booth” or “When Harry Met Sally”
58. Rest awhile… or a clue to 17-, 22-, 36-, and 48-across
60. “The Real ___,” former ABC sitcom
61. In the style of
62. And others: Abbr.
63. Grader’s tool
64. Often-difficult part of a jigsaw puzzle
65. Cravings

Down
1. Hotel front desk handout
2. The “E” of Q.E.D.
3. Home
4. Able to see in the dark
5. Doesn’t write in cursive
6. Because of
7. Noted fable writer
8. Photo
9. Oaks-to-be
10. Gerrymanders, maybe
11. Decline
12. Ooze, as confidence
13. Flower part
18. Capital of República Portuguesa
23. Bugged
24. Violinist Leopold
25. Lacking a certain je ne sais quoi
26. Socially aware, in modern lingo
29. Sacred symbol
30. Pro choice?
32. Hebrew of old
33. Abbr. on collab tracks
34. Stick with it!
37. A.P. English subj.
38. Have high hopes
41. Pool accessory
44. Co-creator of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
46. Cushiony part of a shoe
47. “Well, alrighty then”
48. Computer scientist’s grievance
49. #1 Alicia Keys hit of 2007
50. Like the Pantheon
51. Assume the role of
52. Pool accessory
55. “Dear ____ Hansen”
57. I.S.P with a butterfly logo
59. Golfier Ernie