ACROSS
1. BALE - Hay unit
5. PAYGAP - Gendered difference in compensation
11. BAD - Rotten
14. AWAY - Home opponent
15. OVERLY - Too
16. ODE - Praise poem
17. DOZE - Nap
18. LINEAR - ___ algebra
19. LOW - Not high
20. ULYSSESSGRANT - $50 bill president
23. OKS - Endorses
24. MMA - UFC sport
25. SIRI - iPhone assistant
27. SAY - Speak
30. IDIOT - Fool
34. ACNE - High schooler's marks?
35. ATTENDANCE - Showing up, as to class
37. IOC - Summer games grp.
38. ALIASES - Noms de plume
39. TEA - Kettle drink
40. DRUMMALLET - Percussionist’s tool
42. PRAM - British buggy
43. EERIE - Goosebump-inducing
44. ELS - Raised trains
45. IRON - Pumpable metal
46. SRS - Class of 2025, this yr.
48. ACE - Unreturnable serve
49. STICKOFBUTTER - Dairy product wrapped in wax paper
56. RAT - NYC tsar's target
58. CANOLA - Olive oil alternative
59. ZONE - Region
60. ERA - Time span
61. ARENAS - Large concert venues
62. EDEN - Biblical garden
63. PER - According to
64. SEWAGE - Waste water
65. LORD - Noble title
DOWN
1. BADU - Singer Erykah
2. AWOL - Missing, in military parlance
3. LAZY - Slothlike
4. EYESORE - Something ugly
5. POLES - North and south
6. AVIS - Rental car company
7. YENS - Desires
8. GREG - "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" kid
9. ALARM - Warning
10. PYRAMIDS - Many Mayan structures
11. BOLT - Aptly named Usain
12. ADO - "Much ___ About Nothing"
13. DEW - Morning moisture
21. SKI - Enjoy the slopes
22. NADA - Zilch
25. SCORE - Touchdown, e.g.
26. INCUR - Run up
27. STILE - Turn follower
28. ATALL - Even a little
29. YESES - Go-aheads
31. INTRO - Beginning
32. OCEAN - Singer Frank with a 10 minute song titled 10 Down
33. TEAM - Collective
34. AIDE - Assistant
35. ALA - In the style of
36. NET - After taxes
38. AMERICAS - The New World
41. MIST - Sierra ___ (soft drink)
42. PRETZEL - Twisted doughy snack
45. ICU - Post-op stop
47. SCARE - Frighten
48. ABASE - Demean
49. STAR - Headliner
50. KNEW - Was aware of
51. OONA - Actress Chaplin or O'Neill
52. FLAG - Vexillologist's interest
53. TODO - List of future actions
54. ENER - Cabinet dept.
55. REND - Tear
56. REP - Workout unit
57. ARE - Exist
