- 1 ASS
46A Nincompoop
58409 - 2 ALI
2D "He died the most beloved person on the planet," per Ken Burns
49518 - 3 STY
13D Messy place
47343 - 4 AREA
28D 2,808 square feet, for a tennis court
46631 - 5 SAD
27A Down in the dumps
31236 - 6 ELM
58A Wood used in cabinetry
30240 - 7 RAT
56D One who snitches
29280 - 8 EGG
66A Something that has to be broken before it can be used
21206 - 9 ERIC
5D Guitarist Clapton
17251 - 10 ELO
14A "Telephone Line" band, to fans
17250 - 11 ACID
52D Like biting wit
17159 - 12 ELMO
25A Children's TV character with a falsetto voice
15174 - 13 ELITE
8D ___ 8
15168 - 14 MINI
51D Bite-size, say
15100 - 15 NIA
37A "Candyman" director DaCosta
13138 - 16 EENY
12D Start of a counting-out rhyme
1283 - 17 EXTRA
65A Additional
1173 - 18 RILE
47A Tick off
10130 - 19 DENT
54D Fender flaw
10112 - 20 AETNA
50D Giant in health insurance
993 - 21 YOU
63A Who's solving this puzzle
983 - 22 FAT
1A What butchers trim away
8116 - 23 ANISE
61A Flavoring in the German Christmas cookie springerle
8110 - 24 EARNS
40D Merits
881 - 25 ZIP
17A Nada
859 - 26 MUG
60D Hot cocoa holder
843 - 27 IGA
41A Swiatek who won the 2022 U.S. and French Opens
837 - 28 ANGER
50A Fury
775 - 29 SWEET
16A ___ 16
760 - 30 AMPLE
49D More than enough
759 - 31 NAIR
55D Depilatory brand
739 - 32 ALAI
34A Word after "jai" in a sport's name
6181 - 33 ALEX
53D Actress Borstein of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
6125 - 34 PAGES
9A Leaves at the library?
625 - 35 LOG
59D Captain's journal
592 - 36 APBS
43A P.D. alerts
547 - 37 AGONY
19A Intense suffering
542 - 38 RANG
26A Chimed
474 - 39 LENIN
62A Leader in a 1917 revolution
470 - 40 RIGID
21D Like hard-liners
426 - 41 DELTA
29D Greek letter used for a 2021 Covid variant
391 - 42 ELLS
36D Building annexes
376 - 43 ENSURE
44A Guarantee
335 - 44 FINAL
4D ___ 4
332 - 45 PLEAT
57A Fabric fold
329 - 46 MIKE
7D Podcaster's purchase
230 - 47 RICOH
56A Canon competitor
229 - 48 TIDES
64A Ebb and neap, for two
225 - 49 IRAIL
15A Letter-shaped train track beam
27 - 50 23
- 51 PICA
48A Type size
147 - 52 GMAIL
23A Communication service launched in 2004
118 - 53 FEMME
4A Woman: Fr.
116 - 54 MACK
6D Truck brand with a bulldog in its logo
115 - 55 GEOG
11D Park ranger's subj.
113 - 56 MALIGN
24D Speak ill of
18 - 57 UPROSE
45D Revolted
17 - 58 FEZ
1D Hat with a tassel
041 - 59 GASSER
33D Funny joke, in slang
013 - 60 CREEDS
35A Things to believe in
010 - 61 NIMBLE
32D Light-footed or quick-witted
010 - 62 NEATLY
42A How a well-plotted story wraps up
08 - 63 GRACIE
23D Name on the mansion of New York City's mayor
07 - 64 SCREECH
27D Sound from an owl
05 - 65 MARCHMADNESS
51A Annual college basketball tourney, rounds of which can be found in the circled squares at their appropriate numbers
04 - 66 OLDDAYS
22D "Good" times?
04 - 67 INAPIGSEYE
31D "Never gonna happen!"
03 - 68 NICKI
18A Rapper Minaj
03 - 69 AWGOON
10D "Oh, yer joshin' me"
02 - 70 CINDERELLATEAMS
38A What lower-seeded 51-Across participants hope to become
02 - 71 ENRICHES
39D Adds vitamins and minerals to
02 - 72 PSALMIST
9D Composer of a sacred song
02 - 73 01
- 74 01