- 1 EAR
25D Aid in balance
57485 - 2 OLE
35A Accented approval
54525 - 3 ANTE
21D Prefix with penultimate
45461 - 4 OAR
31A It fits in a lock
36331 - 5 IDEA
11D Gist
33396 - 6 EKE
58A Barely manage, with "out"
31236 - 7 TEA
34D Matcha, e.g.
30374 - 8 ELM
29D Bow-making choice
30240 - 9 TOE
55A Point of a dancer who's en pointe
29293 - 10 EROS
36A God depicted in a figure called an "amoretto"
28321 - 11 ONTO
14A Follower of "catch" or "latch"
26244 - 12 SIT
61A "Make yourself comfortable"
26172 - 13 KNEE
38A Where bursitis may appear
24264 - 14 APED
18A Made an impression?
19103 - 15 UMA
53A Thurman of "Gattaca"
18175 - 16 SEAL
37D Indicator of approval
18151 - 17 SOD
56A Turf
17180 - 18 USSR
1A Founding member of the U.N. Security Council
17171 - 19 INC
33D Alternative to L.L.C.
16126 - 20 WOE
24D Grief
15119 - 21 EAVE
52D Roof part
13164 - 22 OSCAR
43A NATO alphabet letter in "NATO"
13145 - 23 SERB
16A Tesla, e.g.
11102 - 24 ENS
59A U.S. Navy O-1: Abbr.
10270 - 25 NEIL
39D With 44-Down, only playwright to have a New York City theater named after him while still alive
10115 - 26 DEB
30D Haaland who became secretary of the interior in 2021
1094 - 27 TREY
50D Unlikely trick taker
982 - 28 ENOKI
46D Mushroom eaten with udon
940 - 29 NEWT
49D Pond dweller that can regenerate its eyes
894 - 30 HYDE
15A Misanthrope of Victorian literature
769 - 31 OFUSE
43D Practicable
731 - 32 ONESIE
6D Garment that typically has snaps
725 - 33 PETE
20D Red Rose
6136 - 34 STRIP
3D Word with bacon or rumble
661 - 35 CITI
32A Big Four bank, for short
639 - 36 SUED
2D Wouldn't settle, say
552 - 37 SIMON
44D See 39-Down
534 - 38 UHS
1D Stumbling syllables
529 - 39 ZED
12D What the verb ending "-ise" isn't spelled with
468 - 40 POST
5A Station
462 - 41 HILL
51D One of a Roman septet
346 - 42 NUMB
39A "Asleep"
334 - 43 GERI
17A Pop star Halliwell of the Spice Girls
326 - 44 HYPES
10D Plugs
315 - 45 SKEET
47D Olympics event whose participants shoot for the gold
255 - 46 AIDES
45A Deputies
244 - 47 HUTU
13A Native Rwandan
213 - 48 SERIAL
54A Soap opera, e.g.
121 - 49 STYLED
60A Like hair at salons
114 - 50 STRADS
7D Valuable violins, for short
19 - 51 PRESIDENTS
22A ___more and more
14 - 52 RUBSRAW
4D Chafes
14 - 53 12
- 54 WHIZ
9A Fly (by)
015 - 55 TWELVE
57A Hurricane-level winds, on the Beaufort scale
012 - 56 RENTED
27A Let
010 - 57 ATTESTTO
23A Vouch for
07 - 58 WRISTS
41D Spots to keep watch?
06 - 59 TABLED
42D On hold
04 - 60 WHARTON
9D School attended by Warren Buffett
04 - 61 TOILETRIES
8D Items in a travel kit
03 - 62 FILLINTHEBLANK
48A Test format ... or a hint to understanding three of this puzzle's clues
02 - 63 IRONCLADS
26D Civil War ships
02 - 64 02
- 65 TOURDATES
28D Important info for concertgoers
02 - 66 01
- 67 01