- 1 EON
44D Very long time
43343 - 2 NEO
24A Modernizing prefix
43332 - 3 LSD
33D Mind-altering drug
41245 - 4 EASE
64A Effortlessness
40334 - 5 OSLO
56D World capital on the same latitude as Tallinn and Stockholm
32324 - 6 SAD
1A Pathetic
31236 - 7 ECHO
14A Concur with by repeating
29312 - 8 RAT
46A Traitor
29280 - 9 ACHE
5D Muscle misery
28282 - 10 EMU
58D Australia's tallest bird
27295 - 11 ANO
9D "That's ___-brainer"
25216 - 12 ESS
27A Road curve
22413 - 13 OUR
37D Your and my
21160 - 14 EVA
21D #bestfriends4___
20247 - 15 PER
67A For each
19270 - 16 EMAIL
52D One might begin "Hope this finds you well"
19180 - 17 DOS
57D Half of cuatro
18175 - 18 TUNA
55D "Chicken of the sea"
18112 - 19 SKY
50A Backdrop for a shooting star
17129 - 20 MAT
47A It might welcome you home
16145 - 21 OTTER
39D Furry swimmer
15165 - 22 RASP
4A Sound hoarse
15137 - 23 SITE
54D Construction area
15115 - 24 LEND
40A Confer, as credibility
1588 - 25 UNDO
32D Overturn
13129 - 26 SLOE
66A ___ gin fizz
11164 - 27 ONLY
36D Just
11116 - 28 OOZE
16A Exude, as confidence
11116 - 29 DEBT
13D Something that can be racked up
1198 - 30 NANO
24D iPod model
1195 - 31 ING
28A Like Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off," key-wise
1077 - 32 LORE
51A Folk wisdom
9130 - 33 OMENS
62A Shooting stars, some believe
878 - 34 TILL
63A Cache for cash
858 - 35 OYS
26D Pained cries
848 - 36 LANAI
15A Covered veranda often equipped with a ceiling fan
780 - 37 HIVE
23A Home for a queen
764 - 38 ZIT
11D Photo retoucher's focus, perhaps
760 - 39 SEEK
35D Pursue
754 - 40 UNTIL
32A No later than
750 - 41 BEL
59D "The Fresh Prince of ___-Air"
681 - 42 LBS
40D Scale units: Abbr.
651 - 43 THUS
17A Ergo
651 - 44 PLOD
12A Walk heavily
646 - 45 DESIRE
53A "Burning" feeling
632 - 46 LYING
20D Telling tall tales
624 - 47 GIF
29D Looping animation file
523 - 48 ZAP
10D Heat in the microwave
482 - 49 ADOPT
18A Take in or take on
452 - 50 JADE
8D Green gemstone
444 - 51 ALOHAS
2D Kauai goodbyes
432 - 52 JAZZ
8A 1992 novel set in 1920s Harlem
420 - 53 MARTYR
22A One who dies for a cause
413 - 54 EBON
25D Black, poetically
381 - 55 AROUSE
48D Make excited
358 - 56 MISHAP
47D Unfortunate incident
317 - 57 SHUSH
6D "Pipe down!"
317 - 58 POSTIT
7D Sticky note
316 - 59 SULA
65A 1973 novel set in "the Bottom," a neighborhood slated to be demolished for a golf course
316 - 60 THUD
61A Sound of a fall
246 - 61 LAYER
15D Coat of paint
235 - 62 UNOS
34A Deep-dish pizza chain, informally
227 - 63 DEBUG
57A Clean up, as software
226 - 64 BUMS
31D Mooches, as a cigarette
213 - 65 DRIFTS
45D Heaps of windblown snow
29 - 66 TONIMORRISON debut
55A Author who received the Nobel Prize in Literature on the basis of her first six novels, all featured in this puzzle
22 - 67 TENDER
49D Sensitive to the touch
120 - 68 DUETS
41A Collaborations like those on "Ella and Louis"
116 - 69 FASO
60A Burkina ___
114 - 70 LEADROLE
38D Top billing
16 - 71 SONGOFSOLOMON
35A 1977 novel whose title references a lyrical Old Testament book
14 - 72 VLOGS
43D YouTube journals, essentially
14 - 73 BELOVED
42A 1987 Pulitzer-winning novel about the haunting of a formerly enslaved family's home
13 - 74 DOZERS
3D Earth-moving machines, informally
13 - 75 RETURNTO
4D Pick up again, as a book
12 - 76 TARBABY
30A 1981 novel about the interplay of privilege and poverty in a Caribbean romance
12 - 77 11
- 78 11