- 1 ANTE
38A Pot starter
45461 - 2 OREO
43A Cookie in a Dairy Queen Blizzard
45408 - 3 TEN
26A Number for John Tyler (or Alexander Hamilton)
39369 - 4 ALTO
11D Kind of sax
25290 - 5 ATOM
28A Tiny matter?
23266 - 6 NEAR
15A Close at hand
20183 - 7 ELSA
1D Woman's name that's also the first four letters of a Central American country name
19220 - 8 ENTER
19A Sign up for, as a contest
19217 - 9 EMMA
5A Stone on a set
19173 - 10 IKEA
56D Retail giant whose first store opened in Älmhult, Sweden
19130 - 11 DARE
13D Have the courage
19116 - 12 NOPE
57D "Uh-uh"
1984 - 13 LIAR
14A Bad person to trust
18177 - 14 IDEAL
44A Perfect
17135 - 15 MER
6D Lead-in to maid or man
15157 - 16 IDES
50A Midmonth date
14170 - 17 TESLA
33D Automaker with a Cybertruck
14144 - 18 ENOLA
27D "___ Holmes" (streaming film about Sherlock's sister)
13121 - 19 ISTO
69A Analogy words
1395 - 20 EMOJI
53D Nontext component of a text
1231 - 21 OPEC
65A Grp. that Qatar left in 2019
11143 - 22 TEASE
67A Pick on, in a way
11127 - 23 RELY
25A Depend (on)
11114 - 24 OVERT
64A Unconcealed
1163 - 25 EZRA
1A Book after II Chronicles
10139 - 26 ARMOR
8D Brink's truck feature
1076 - 27 ALOOF
37D Standoffish
1064 - 28 LIEN
12D Lender's security
9131 - 29 CLOT
54D Form lumps
961 - 30 NDA
49A Deal that protects company secrets, for short
913 - 31 NEAT
59D Lacking clutter
8224 - 32 SOLAR
24D Like some panels and flares
878 - 33 ETRADE
18D Online financial company
846 - 34 ASSETS
20A Good qualities
766 - 35 HIVE
55D Bee complex
764 - 36 STEAD
32D Stand in good ___
654 - 37 SODS
47A Recovers some yards?
650 - 38 DRNO
60D Foe of Mr. Bond
579 - 39 ARCED
4D Followed a curved path
568 - 40 SIMON
51D "Simple" nursery rhyme character
534 - 41 IDRIS
23A Able is he and he is Elba
513 - 42 NEXT
68A On deck
484 - 43 ADESTE
46D "___ Fideles"
455 - 44 FLAG
42A Lose steam
440 - 45 FILET
52A Boneless steakhouse order
421 - 46 LOAD
36A Laundry unit
377 - 47 TALIA
16A Actress Shire of "Rocky"
344 - 48 VEX
63D Cause trouble for
341 - 49 MAUL
7D Viciously attack
335 - 50 INBED
34A Not yet up
323 - 51 DOSED
40D Gave a shot, say
322 - 52 SANTAS
45A Seasonal workers in red suits
317 - 53 ZIPS
2D Closes, as a fly
316 - 54 STEELE
9D 1980s TV role for Brosnan
254 - 55 JEAN
66A Rapper Wyclef
228 - 56 MOLES
29D Earthworm hunters
222 - 57 VERDI
22D "Il Trovatore" composer
219 - 58 ENDSIT
5D Breaks off a relationship
215 - 59 LIKES
61A Positive Instagram responses
210 - 60 TIFFS
26D Dust-ups
29 - 61 CANDYLAND
10D Game with Lollipop Woods and Gumdrop Mountains
24 - 62 SCALD
9A Heat almost to the point of boiling
132 - 63 DIRECT
48D To the point
112 - 64 REMIND
58A Jog the memory of
18 - 65 AISLED
41D Designed with passageways
14 - 66 LOVEDONE
21A *Gist of a Dear John letter?
13 - 67 RELIST
30A Place back on the market, say
13 - 68 EGGTIMERS
35D Kitchen counters?
12 - 69 INCENTIVES
31D Deal sweeteners
12 - 70 MOVEDOVER
62A Change a map of southern England? … or, when parsed differently, what you need to do to the answers to the starred clues
12 - 71 11
- 72 11
- 73 11
- 74 11