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42A Highest kicker in Texas hold'em
57493 - 2 ELSE
13D If's partner in computer logic
43440 - 3 ISEE
3D "That makes sense now"
36360 - 4 ANTI
65A Pro's counterpart
32364 - 5 OBOE
57D Orchestra woodwind
32315 - 6 RAM
46A Lamb's dad
25166 - 7 SRO
1D "No more seats" sign
24251 - 8 OVEN
16A Place for a pizza
22177 - 9 ADELE
17A "Make You Feel My Love" singer, 2008
22158 - 10 ELSA
31D Creator of the giant snowman Marshmallow in "Frozen"
19220 - 11 AHAB
61D Whale pursuer of fiction
15156 - 12 TORE
58D Raced (through)
15122 - 13 RASTA
15A One referring to "Jehovah" as "Jah"
1483 - 14 ELBA
23D Island on which Napoleon was exiled
13132 - 15 LSU
25A Baton Rouge sch.
13107 - 16 OCEAN
18A Around 70% of the earth's surface
12147 - 17 AVOW
7D Assert
12112 - 18 RETRO
32D Cool in a throwback sort of way
12109 - 19 EACH
2D Apiece
11130 - 20 TOMB
62D Pyramid, for a pharaoh
1166 - 21 ERICA
26D Novelist Jong
10118 - 22 ZEN
45D Meditative state
10102 - 23 MOTTO
56A "Fake it 'til you make it" or "No pain, no gain"
1051 - 24 IMUP
29D "That's my cue!"
1028 - 25 TEEM
36A Overflow (with)
9104 - 26 GNAW
34D Emulate a beaver
985 - 27 TREY
63D Three-pointer, in hoops lingo
982 - 28 BEAU
12D Male suitor
974 - 29 YEAST
20A What makes ryes rise
886 - 30 GRAD
34A Celebrant in May or June
857 - 31 ENVY
9D Emotion that sounds like its middle two letters
855 - 32 TORAH
67A Holy scroll
773 - 33 MOMA
37D Cultural attraction in midtown Manhattan, for short
766 - 34 FIN
44D Dolphin's fluke, e.g.
764 - 35 NITRO
54D The "N" of TNT
755 - 36 FERN
68A Plant with fronds
753 - 37 GONG
6D Instrument with a mallet
735 - 38 ABOUT
64A Give or take
652 - 39 MATH
56D Subject that a young Einstein never failed, despite the common misconception
648 - 40 LETGO
41A "Get your paws off me!"
646 - 41 FROG
71A Animal that absorbs water directly through its skin
633 - 42 WASABI
47A Green sushi condiment
629 - 43 PAY
24A Close the tab
571 - 44 DEGAS
33D Impressionist Edgar
549 - 45 LUIS
40A San ___ Obispo, Calif.
544 - 46 SABER
10A Curved sword
544 - 47 TALK
28D Speaker's event
530 - 48 SEISM
1A Cause of a Richter scale blip
523 - 49 RET
14D No longer working: Abbr.
4114 - 50 ZETA
8D Z, as in Zeus
452 - 51 OWNER
53D Pet's person
445 - 52 HEELS
70A Pumps and wedges
442 - 53 SAYSSO
10D States as fact
418 - 54 NOTV
19A Rule for kids before homework is done, perhaps
415 - 55 SHAME
69A "Have you no ___?!"
336 - 56 VAIL
30D Ski resort in the Colorado Rockies
336 - 57 MANIAC
5D Total madman
318 - 58 STAFF
52D Collection of employees
227 - 59 TWIX
59A Candy bar with caramel and shortbread
220 - 60 ACTUAL
48D Genuine
219 - 61 WYATT
60A Gunslinger Earp
219 - 62 PSYCHO
50D Hitchcock's highest-grossing film at the box office
217 - 63 ICHOR
66A Blood of the gods, in Greek mythology
215 - 64 AXING
55D Hewing
213 - 65 HOBBY
72A Beekeeping or baking, e.g.
27 - 66 KAMALA
35A First name in 2024 political headlines
22 - 67 GAZE
6A Fixed look
138 - 68 STAMPEDE
4D What a rush!
114 - 69 NIXED
38A Shot down, as an idea
113 - 70 ESPOSA
49A Spanish wife
110 - 71 NYUK
22D Three Stooges laugh sound
18 - 72 XAXES
27D Basic plot lines?
18 - 73 ADEQUATE
11D Good enough
14 - 74 LASTWISH
41D Deathbed request
14 - 75 CONSONANTS
51A Group whose members are represented completely (with no repeats) in 21-, 26- and 43-Across
13 - 76 HEMINGWAYESQUE
21A Straightforward and unadorned, as literary prose
12 - 77 JFKPLAZA
43A Philadelphia landmark named for the 35th president, in brief
12 - 78 11
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