ACROSS

1 “___ and the Detectives” (1964 Disney film)

5 Test for a future PhD

8 Prefix that’s part of some hyphenated identities

12 It’s afoot

13 Crop up

15 Certain songbird

16 Orgs.

17 Like many astronauts, before becoming astronauts

19 “Rugrats” baby

20 “Sesame Street” song about self-acceptance featuring will.i.am

21 Neckwear in Hawaii, for example

22 ___ Gorbacheva, last first lady of the Soviet Union

24 “Ground control to Major ___”

25 Feeling after stealing the last cookie, maybe

27 Happen

28 Tijuana title: Abbr.

29 “I give up!”

30 Helpful compounds in a chemistry lab

33 Group once led by Darth Sidious

34 Vodka mixer

35 Anklebones

39 Jukebox musical subtitled “The Life and Times of The Temptations”

42 Film with the Oscar-nominated song “Papa, Can You Hear Me?”

45 Attractive person

46 Swear words, quaintly

47 Shower garment? O

49 “Ad Astra per ___” (US state motto)

50 Footwear chain: Abbr.

51 “I am ___” (anti-toxic masculinity phrase popularized by the movie Barbie)

55 Crossword-loving detective on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

56 She wrote “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House”

58 Neigh : horse :: ___ : donkey

59 Lunch item structurally similar to a burrito (but miles away in terms of taste)

60 Agriculture storage?

61 Study (up)

62 Alternatives to high school diplomas

63 Campaigned, as for office

64 Some recyclables

DOWN

1 Some engineering camp activities

2 Musician that sometimes gets paid to follow people around for 

special occasions

3 Like some biases

4 “___ Miserables”

5 Doc Brown exclamation

6 Place with pizza and lasagne

7 Ballpark figure

8 Beltmaker’s tool

9 Run about merrily

10 Pass on, as an oral history

11 Like some job training

13 Phys ed dept.

14 Org. that enforces the US’s Clean Air Act

18 Website name watermarked on many memes

20 Fend (off)

23 Beach gear

26 Take off, as Velcro shoes

31 58-Down competitor

32 As’ ballpark

36 Māori name for New Zealand

37 Director Baz of “Elvis”

38 “I suppose so…”

40 “That’s What ___” (2016 Bruno Mars hit)

41 Victoria Beckham, aka ___ Spice

42 “Wassup, bro?”

43 Guarantee

44 One on paternity leave

48 They may be long and shocking

49 A looooooooooooong time

52 Genre of choice for many a film snob

53 Erin’s eccentric cousin on “Derry Girls”

54 A type of thick noodle in Japanese cuisine

57 Rotational speed meas.

58 Original airer of “Doctor Who” and “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”