- 1 EEL
36D ___ sauce (sushi roll topper)
53487 - 2 YES
44A "Absolutely!"
50365 - 3 ORE
67A Mine find
48581 - 4 EPEE
55D Fencing event
41343 - 5 SNL
42D NBC hit since '75
40263 - 6 SAT
4D Parked oneself
35284 - 7 OLD
70A *___ Square (translation of "Vieux Carré")
30247 - 8 SRI
48D ___ Lanka
28238 - 9 EVER
16A "Never Have I ___" (Mindy Kaling Netflix series)
22235 - 10 EARL
57D ___ Grey tea
19195 - 11 TRY
33D Attempt
19181 - 12 DOS
49D Uno + uno
18175 - 13 LAP
63A Once around the track
17152 - 14 KOI
41D Colorful pond fish
1560 - 15 NOM
23A ___ de plume
1496 - 16 IGLOO
52D Ice house
1486 - 17 MCAT
17A Aspiring doc's exam
1433 - 18 OMAR
8D Actor Epps
12252 - 19 BLT
20A Sandwich known by its initials
12121 - 20 IRULE
26A "Yay, me!"
1228 - 21 NORA
21D Screenwriter Ephron
11139 - 22 BEN
10D Actor Platt of "Dear Evan Hansen"
10122 - 23 SEEYA
66A "Later!"
1075 - 24 PEEP
35A Chick's chirp
959 - 25 UTERI
51A Wombs
941 - 26 KNOT
60D Shoelace or muscle problem
8100 - 27 KEEL
69A Ship's backbone
861 - 28 VETO
43A No power?
856 - 29 ALOU
6D Baseball family name
7153 - 30 LIRA
22D Former Italian money
7136 - 31 UVEA
14A Eye layer containing the iris
795 - 32 DEF
54A Rapper Mos ___
788 - 33 SGTS
32D Some NCOs
769 - 34 BRB
29D "Hang on a sec," in texts
719 - 35 ODAY
30D Singer Anita of the swing era
650 - 36 OUTDO
24A One-up
647 - 37 LIB
65D Women's ___
550 - 38 OYL
62D Popeye's Olive
476 - 39 NITE
31D Evening, in ads
471 - 40 GOOSE
53A Bird in a gaggle
438 - 41 NEVE
19A Campbell of "Scream"
438 - 42 DEBRA
47D Actress Messing
434 - 43 ALUMS
15A Reunion attendees, informally
425 - 44 YURT
7D Steppes dwelling
414 - 45 BART
10A Simpson family member who says "Get bent!"
345 - 46 ILKS
39A Varieties
331 - 47 KORAN
18A Imam's holy book
330 - 48 JFK
58A N.Y.C. airport
325 - 49 DUSK
54D Twilight time
316 - 50 ROYAL
50D Queenly
244 - 51 AVENUE
11D *St. Charles or Esplanade
243 - 52 GABS
1A Yaks
243 - 53 ALAIN
64A Harlem Renaissance writer Locke
242 - 54 BAKE
5D Prepare, as a king cake
234 - 55 BAYOU
5A *Gulf Coast waterway
228 - 56 BZZT
71A [Wrong answer!]
25 - 57 USNA
9D Annapolis inst.
148 - 58 GAPED
53D Stared in wonder
123 - 59 NEUTRAL
21A Not taking sides
119 - 60 BATTY
38A Eccentric
115 - 61 UPFOR
61A Psyched about
115 - 62 RESIDES
27D Lives (in)
112 - 63 PVC
35D Plastic pipe material, in brief
110 - 64 DREVIL
49A Foe of Austin Powers
17 - 65 CLOUDS
46A What nephology is the study of
16 - 66 BIGEASY
56A Nickname for New Orleans, celebrated by the answers to the starred clues and suggested by the shaded squares
15 - 67 DION
45A Singer Celine
029 - 68 REVOLT
12D Uprising
010 - 69 FIZZ
59D Soda's pop?
05 - 70 AVCLUB
2D Pop culture site created as a supplement to The Onion
04 - 71 GUMBO
1D *Cajun stew
04 - 72 BOURBONSTREET
28A *Main drag of the French Quarter
03 - 73 ETOUFFEE
37D *Cajun shellfish-over-rice dish
03 - 74 MARDIGRAS
34A *Celebration with king cakes
03 - 75 BEATTO
3D Arrive at ahead of
02 - 76 LIVEJAZZ
40D *Music heard at Preservation Hall
02 - 77 LIZZO
68A "I put the sing in single" singer
02 - 78 TREME
13D *2010-13 HBO series set shortly after Hurricane Katrina
02 - 79 01