Theme: COLD SHOULDER
20A. *Monday NFL contests, e.g.: NIGHT GAMES. WINTER NIGHT/ WINTER GAMES.
11D. *View from the Oval Office: ROSE GARDEN. WINTER ROSE/WINTER GARDEN.
12D. *Granny Smith, e.g.: GREEN APPLE. WINTERGREEN / WINTER APPLE
27D. *Multi-field athletic venue: SPORTS PARK. WINTER SPORTS / WINTER PARK
28D. *Crunchy salad add-in: WHEAT BERRY. WINTER WHEAT / WINTER BERRY
50A. What happens on March 20, 2022, at 11:33 a.m. ... and what both parts of the answers to starred clues are: WINTER ENDS.
Melissa here. Timely theme, and interesting that there are three down theme answers and one theme answer and the reveal are across (see grid at bottom). Scrabbly with J, K, V, W & Y - but no F, Q, or Z.
Across:
1. Semi-hard cheese: EDAM. Along with gouda, the two cheesiest crossword words.
5. Windows navigation aids: TABS.
14. Block party item?: LEGO. Cute.
15. Memo abbr.: ASAP. As soon as possible.
16. Atlanta campus: EMORY. Emory University has been cited as one of the world's top research universities.
17. Heaps: A LOT. Noun, not verb.
18. Baby Moses' river: NILE.
19. "Check it out!": GO SEE.
23. Boo: JEER.
24. Seemingly forever: EON. An indefinite and very long period of time, often a period exaggerated for humorous or rhetorical effect.
25. Architect's work: DESIGN. Architects design structures such as office buildings, businesses, stadiums, schools, malls, and homes. They might also design outdoor spaces. An architect will collect all information for a project to include site selection, environmental impact, zoning laws, building codes, and access to buildings for the disabled.
27. "12 Days" septet: SWANS. In the popular holiday tune, The Twelve Days of Christmas, there are "seven swans a-swimming." (It's over five minutes but HIGH-larious.)
30. Drink with formaggio: VINO. Italian for cheese and wine. Yes, please.
31. Spa sound: AAH.
33. Garden pest: APHID. All about aphids.
34. Keto and South Beach: DIETS. Wonder what the next popular diet will be?
35. Tech sch. near Albany, N.Y.: RPI. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private research university in Troy, New York, with additional campuses in Hartford and Groton, Connecticut.
36. Transvaal settler: BOER. History - South African 'Boer' War.
37. Newspaper VIPs: EDS. Editors.
38. Econ. barometers: GDPS. Gross Domestic Products. GDP measures the value of the final goods and services produced in the United States (without double counting the intermediate goods and services used up to produce them).
39. Front-end car cover: BRA.
40. First stage: ONSET.
42. Skins: PEELS. Works for verb OR noun.
43. ABA member: ATT. ABA=American Bar Association. ATT=Attorney.
44. Quarterback-turned-analyst Tony: ROMO.
45. "A Gallery of Children" author: MILNE. A collection of twelve children's fantasy stories by A. A. Milne. First published in hardcover in 1925, the collection was the author's second children's book and first book of prose for children.
46. Food court pizza seller: SBARRO. First opened in Brooklyn in 1965 by Carmela and Gennaro Sbarro.
48. Grafton who wrote 25 "Alphabet Mystery" books: SUE.
49. WWI German vice admiral: SPEE. Wikipedia.
56. Analyze in a grammar lesson: PARSE.
58. Perth put-offs: NAES. Australian no.
59. Joint malady: GOUT. According to the Mayo Clinic it is a form of arthritis.
60. Symbol for turning traffic: ARROW.
61. Snake River jumper Knievel: EVEL. We see him a lot.
62. Stare in wonder: GAPE.
63. Video call option: SKYPE. So many now.
64. "Hey" assistant: SIRI. So much easier to say than "Okay, Google."
65. 53-Down's firstborn: SHEM. Along with Ham and Japheth.
Down:
1. Verve: ELAN.
2. Sub contractor?: DELI. Clever. Submarine sandwiches, in a delicatessen.
3. Visibly awed: AGOG. With 62A.
4. Light-loving flier: MOTH. The Gypsy Moth Is Now the Spongy Moth.
5. Dances like the one seen in "Evita": TANGOS.
6. Thai or Laotian: ASIAN.
7. Pain soother: BALM. Not aloe.
8. Like a sprint winner: SPEEDIEST.
9. Bit of RAM: MEG. 1GB ram = 1000 MB. Computer memory (RAM) is typically installed in megabytes (MB) or gigabytes (GB), typically in some combination of 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB or 4 GB.
10. Face with tears of joy, for one: EMOJI. 😹
13. Observer: EYER.
21. Mind: TEND.
22. Email tab: SENT. More precisely, your sent folder can be opened in it's own tab.
26. Palindromic 33-Down hit: SOS.
29. __ guitar: AIR.
30. Vintage MTV staple: VIDEO. Vintage is right - I haven't watched MTV in EONs, but they stopped showing music videos forever ago.
32. Villain's welcome: HISS. Haha.
33. 26-Down group: ABBA.
34. State capital on its own river: DES MOINES. Iowa.
38. Toothpaste choice: GEL.
40. The Boston Bruins retired his #4 in 1979: ORR. Canadian American professional ice hockey player who was the first defenseman to lead the National Hockey League (NHL) in scoring. He was considered one of the sport's greatest players.
41. Swed. neighbor: NORW. Don't usually see Sweden and Norway abbreviated that way.
42. Berth place: PIER. Nice clue.
45. Granola relative: MUESLI. What's the difference between muesli and granola?
47. "Zeus and the Tortoise" storyteller: AESOP.
48. Texas ranger?: STEER. Another nice clue.
49. Massage spots: SPAS.
51. "Avatar" race: NAVI. In the movie Avatar, the Na'vi are an indigenous species that live on Pandora. They are humanoid in appearance and are 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3.0 m) tall, having pairs of eyes, ears, arms, legs and feet like humans, as well as a nose, a mouth, and expressions recognizable to humans.
53. Biblical builder: NOAH.
54. Hornswoggle: DUPE. To get the better of (someone) by cheating or deception.
55. Originate (from): STEM.
57. Lea grazer: EWE.
