- 1 ACE
34A Star pitcher
57493 - 2 ASAP
1A "Now!," in a memo
36300 - 3 STAR
45D Proxima Centauri, for one
31316 - 4 ARAB
15A Man from Oman, e.g.
22228 - 5 ALIT
9D Came down to earth
21220 - 6 AVA
1D Actress Gardner
19229 - 7 AIL
3D Be under the weather
19191 - 8 ABE
8D Honest ___ (presidential moniker)
18274 - 9 HAT
58D Fedora or fez
17183 - 10 RIPE
30A Yellow, as a banana
17106 - 11 UGH
37A Likely reaction to fried ants
16128 - 12 SAL
2D "I've got a mule, and her name is ___"
14221 - 13 CLAM
61A Paradigm of happiness
1486 - 14 SCI
57D Chem., for one
13179 - 15 NCAA
62A Final Four org.
13164 - 16 AYE
29D Affirmative vote
13162 - 17 ETHER
47D Old-time anesthetic
11111 - 18 EVADE
36D Circumvent
10117 - 19 ARMOR
9A Knight's protection
1076 - 20 ERNIE
25D Bert's pal on "Sesame Street"
9163 - 21 ERNST
6D Young's partner in accounting
9101 - 22 META
5A Prefix with morphosis
987 - 23 TUBA
18D Oom-pah-pah instrument
977 - 24 EMMY
26A Oscar : film :: ___ : TV
954 - 25 OSIRIS
44D Egyptian god of the underworld
950 - 26 RPM
33D Meas. of engine speed
879 - 27 CATS
53D Meowers
863 - 28 LUIGI
23D One of the Mario Brothers
834 - 29 TORAH
54A Bar mitzvah scroll
773 - 30 BEES
46A Honey makers
762 - 31 MAORI
5D Indigenous New Zealanders
674 - 32 SOLID
45A Not liquid or gaseous
647 - 33 DRESS
63A Gown
576 - 34 SNEERS
21D Derisive looks
556 - 35 VCR
38D Passé TV hookup
544 - 36 OUTTA
27A "Get ___ here!" ("Scram!")
521 - 37 REMIT
60A Send, as payment
459 - 38 ETHICS
52A Moral standards
430 - 39 CURSE
20A "Damn!," e.g.
429 - 40 CAVA
42A Vena ___ (passage to the heart)
412 - 41 LONE
64A ___ Ranger
3105 - 42 AMISH
32D Like the witness in "Witness"
361 - 43 MIO
40A "O Sole ___"
348 - 44 VAIL
14A Colorado skiing mecca
336 - 45 BEARD
46D Feature of Dumbledore or Merlin
235 - 46 AHORA
55A "Now!," in Nicaragua
232 - 47 REARM
28A Get guns again
222 - 48 LOUPE
16A Jeweler's magnifying tool
216 - 49 REPLY
13D Answer
215 - 50 CAMERASHY
56A Not wanting to be shot?
212 - 51 ITALO
49D Author Calvino
167 - 52 OPIUM
12D Drug from poppies
137 - 53 TACET
7D "Be silent," musically
121 - 54 CIVIC
35D Honda model with a palindromic name
119 - 55 IMHIP
19A Beatnik's "Gotcha"
119 - 56 CARATS
31D Gem units
115 - 57 KREME
51D Krispy ___ doughnuts
114 - 58 DIV
39A Opposite of mult.
113 - 59 DITZ
65A Airhead
112 - 60 CRIMES
41A Perjury and piracy, for two
18 - 61 ALLATONCE
17A Simultaneously
17 - 62 COWHAND
42D Ranch worker
13 - 63 YAZ
59D Big name in Bosox history
020 - 64 STPAUL
21A Minnesota's capital
019 - 65 FORUM
22D Discussion site
017 - 66 NOMAN
50D "___ is an island ..."
016 - 67 CCL
56D 250, in old Rome
014 - 68 NORAS
43A Author Ephron and others
09 - 69 CARNEY
31A Art of "The Honeymooners"
06 - 70 ROMPER
10D TV's "___ Room"
06 - 71 04
- 72 MUHAMMADALI
11D "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am" speaker
04 - 73 PLACATE
4D Throw a bone to
04 - 74 VAMPIRE
38A Creature who might disagree with the saying at the ends of 17-, 22-, 48- and 56-Across
04 - 75 01
- 76 01