- 1 ALA
58D In the same way as
58513 - 2 ANT
63A Picnic pest
45401 - 3 TEN
60A Start of a countdown
39369 - 4 IDEA
55D Brainstorming product
33396 - 5 EDIT
2D Make less wordy, say
32302 - 6 OVA
41D Eggs in Caesar's salad?
30259 - 7 GAS
37A Road trip expense
30218 - 8 OMEN
46D Sign of things to come
28257 - 9 LSAT
56D Hurdle for a future "Esq."
25172 - 10 SAP
10A Source of maple syrup
24194 - 11 EDAM
27D Dutch cheese
19216 - 12 ACME
15A Pinnacle
19210 - 13 LIAR
45D Teller of tall tales
18177 - 14 MERE
28D No more than
18155 - 15 STOP
38A What a crossing guard's outstretched arm means
17180 - 16 ORSO
54D Approximately
17145 - 17 WAS
59D Is, before
17128 - 18 OMIT
23A Fail to include
16218 - 19 NAN
5D Mum's mum
16118 - 20 MEH
39A "I'm not impressed"
1680 - 21 AMA
8D Group for docs
15262 - 22 PRO
16A In favor of
15214 - 23 OSCAR
50A Prize for Best Original Score, e.g.
13145 - 24 STET
20A Proofreader's "leave that in"
12225 - 25 HENS
52D Birds in a coop
1293 - 26 THEN
51A At that time
1279 - 27 OPEC
35D Oil price-regulating grp.
11143 - 28 ALAN
61A Actor Alda or Arkin
10232 - 29 TOTE
18D Kind of bag that may hold swag
10103 - 30 ASHEN
48D Gray in the face
9128 - 31 ARTY
36A Like those interested in poetry or painting
9123 - 32 LASS
1D Scottish girl
9103 - 33 ROTC
21A Univ. military program
997 - 34 MIT
24D Cambridge univ.
984 - 35 MMA
43D Fighting sport, for short
929 - 36 POL
26D Professional office-seeker, informally
899 - 37 YEAST
30D What causes dough to expand and rise
886 - 38 TORI
34D Doughnut shapes
7104 - 39 ARNIE
11D Schwarzenegger, to pals
793 - 40 DIAL
6A Part of a rotary telephone
786 - 41 SOIL
53A Gardener's bagful
767 - 42 STOAT
65A Weasel relative
751 - 43 MOAT
49A Castle protector
669 - 44 EELY
32A Wriggly, as a fish
658 - 45 COTTA
47D Terra ___
634 - 46 MILE
3D One of 26.2 in a marathon
566 - 47 LEMON
1A Flavor of yellow Skittles
554 - 48 IMHERE
42A Announcement upon arrival
520 - 49 LAYS
64A Big name in potato chips
446 - 50 ATO
33A From ___ Z
3102 - 51 DART
6D Bar game projectile
374 - 52 MEIR
19D Israeli leader Golda
367 - 53 ADIDAS
13A Shoe brand with a three-stripe logo
339 - 54 IRONON
42D Like some decals
232 - 55 NAUSEA
62A Carsickness feeling
231 - 56 23
- 57 DENOTE
31A Indicate
123 - 58 SEEIT
22A "Understand now?"
117 - 59 POTTS
12D Chip ___ ("Beauty and the Beast" teacup)
113 - 60 GETREAL
40D "Oh, come on!"
111 - 61 GOOS
40A Some baby noises
111 - 62 STRIKE
14D Success in pitching or bowling
110 - 63 SILENTTREATMENT
17A *Cold shoulder
18 - 64 ELEVATORMUSIC
44A *Easy-listening background tunes
14 - 65 ICECUBES
7D Something a convenience store sells in bags
14 - 66 EMOJIKEYBOARD
27A *Texter's options for sending faces and symbols
13 - 67 12
- 68 ODETOJOY
4D Final movement of Beethoven's Ninth
012 - 69 UPSIDES
25A Optimists can find them in any situation
04 - 70 02
- 71 ONTHESCENT
29D Following a trail, as a bloodhound
02 - 72 SPEEDDATES
10D Participates in some singles matches?
02 - 73 01
- 74 01