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28A Musical skill
57485 - 2 EGO
61D "Me" problem
42393 - 3 LEE
67A Director Spike or Ang
40360 - 4 EPA
9D Emissions control grp.
36320 - 5 TIE
35D Fashion dictates that its width be the same as that of one's lapels
34284 - 6 TSAR
18D Russian despot
33341 - 7 ISLE
21A Emerald ___ (Ireland)
31316 - 8 TEA
4D Spill the ___ (gossip)
30374 - 9 ISH
30D "Sorta"
30193 - 10 ADA
64A Computing pioneer Lovelace
27270 - 11 ARM
62D Pitching asset
27264 - 12 HER
36D Recipient of Grammy's 2020 Song of the Year award for "I Can't Breathe"
27237 - 13 REN
20A Kylo ___ of "Star Wars"
27198 - 14 ALTO
29A Cher or Sade, voicewise
25290 - 15 ATLAS
56A Book that comes with a set of keys
25195 - 16 OWE
31D What the middle of 58-Across stands for
23208 - 17 OUR
63D "___ Lips Are Sealed" (Go-Go's hit)
21160 - 18 PELE
45A Only player on more than two winning World Cup teams
21115 - 19 ESTEE
14A First name in cosmetics
18185 - 20 IOU
58A Debtor's note
18160 - 21 HEN
42A Egg layer
16188 - 22 IOWA
30A State generating the highest percentage of its electricity by wind
16130 - 23 PDA
45D Show of love, for short?
1691 - 24 OLGA
27D Olympian Korbut
15133 - 25 THAI
41D Homophone of 35-Down
15130 - 26 AGREE
65A Concur
14154 - 27 IMAGE
22A It's reversed in a mirror
13110 - 28 ASL
34D Communication at Gallaudet Univ.
1390 - 29 STENT
3D Bit of equipment for an angioplasty
1365 - 30 RAW
8D Like some data and deals
12139 - 31 THREE
51D Afternoon hour
1183 - 32 AIOLI
6D Kind of sauce
1151 - 33 HALO
57A Sign of sainthood
10151 - 34 BUS
19A Clear tables at a restaurant
10100 - 35 PETRI
1D ___ dish
1054 - 36 ASHEN
2D Pale
9128 - 37 OOP
16A Alley-___ (fancy basketball shot)
996 - 38 ETUDE
49D Practice piano piece
987 - 39 WIN
32D Victory
896 - 40 HEAT
25D Pressure, metaphorically
782 - 41 HERD
44A Cowboy's charge
770 - 42 GRU
11A The "me" of "Despicable Me"
720 - 43 SARGE
33A Drill conductor, informally
647 - 44 69
- 45 TARPS
26D All-weather protectors
525 - 46 SRSLY
69A "Really?," in textspeak
513 - 47 ALGAE
50D Pond scum, typically
465 - 48 SEWER
33D Home for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
452 - 49 USD
37D Euro rival, in brief
428 - 50 HALAL
48D Islamic equivalent of kosher
417 - 51 UPSET
13D Victory by a Cinderella team, e.g.
366 - 52 LUG
59A Oaf
361 - 53 MIO
23D "Ay, dios ___!"
348 - 54 AIRES
6A Buenos ___
337 - 55 TOMES
68A Big books
328 - 56 THU
35A Wed. follower
243 - 57 PASTS
1A Some people have checkered ones
215 - 58 ROUGH
12D Where a slice might go
212 - 59 LIKES
53D Approvals on Facebook
210 - 60 INFER
7D Derive by logic
151 - 61 HATES
52D Abhors
134 - 62 MCA
46A Stage name of Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys
128 - 63 16
- 64 13
- 65 SUNNY
55D Optimistic
012 - 66 HOWLS
43A Cries of protest
010 - 67 HEADFORTHEHILLS
48A Flee to remote safety
08 - 68 CHORDS
47D Musical combos?
06 - 69 DUEIN
66A Scheduled to arrive
06 - 70 HOLO
40D Prefix with -gram
04 - 71 SPRINTER
10D Florence Griffith Joyner or Wilma Rudolph
03 - 72 CHEFSHAT
39D Toque
02 - 73 HEARTBROKEN
60A Despondent ... as progressively suggested by 17-, 24-, 38- and 48-Across?
02 - 74 LOEIL
54D Trompe ___
02 - 75 THEARTOFWAR
17A Classic work with chapters titled "Attack by Stratagem" and "Maneuvering an Army"
02 - 76 INTHEAIRTONIGHT debut
24A Signature Phil Collins hit ranked among VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s"
01 - 77 01
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