- 1 ACE
39D Unreturned serve
57493 - 2 EST
62D Superlative suffix
55428 - 3 AREA
48A Region
46631 - 4 ALOE
68A Lotion ingredient
46497 - 5 TRI
65D Prefix between bi- and tetra-
41237 - 6 ERAS
49D Chapters of history
38295 - 7 AXE
57A Woodcutter's tool
34269 - 8 EAST
69A Toward sunrise
33285 - 9 SIT
32D Puppy school command
26172 - 10 RAN
6D Sprinted
25291 - 11 LSAT
30A Future atty.'s exam
25172 - 12 UCLA
14A West Coast sch. that joined the Big Ten in 2024
22174 - 13 ROO
64D Down Under bounder, for short
20189 - 14 SEW
24A Patch up some clothes, say
20169 - 15 STYE
61A Eye irritation
20162 - 16 AVA
10D Director DuVernay
19229 - 17 EEK
23A "There's a cockroach!"
19163 - 18 IMAC
60D Apple desktop
16154 - 19 TRES
66A ___ leches cake
16136 - 20 IMS
31D Writes to on WhatsApp, in brief
1678 - 21 PRO
5D Con's opposite
15214 - 22 AGAR
10A Petri dish gel
15172 - 23 NADA
44A Nothin'
15145 - 24 ERROR
67A Oopsie
14161 - 25 AROSE
20A Got to one's feet
14154 - 26 OMAHA
37A Nebraska's largest city
14137 - 27 ADIEU
12D "Au revoir!"
13148 - 28 SASH
58A Beauty queen's accessory
12125 - 29 DOPE
45A Cool, slangily
1262 - 30 ICARE
2D "You have my sympathy"
1245 - 31 ISSA
31A Rae who played President Barbie in "Barbie"
1223 - 32 OUST
26D Throw out of office
1189 - 33 EXTRA
51D Outlandishly over the top, in modern slang
1173 - 34 EPSOM
22D English town famous for its salts
1172 - 35 AIOLI
59A Garlicky condiment
1151 - 36 TIED
1A Like a game that has gone into a penalty shootout
1080 - 37 AMIGO
7D Friend in Mexico
1067 - 38 RAMEN
15A Stereotypical meal for a college student
943 - 39 KAT
54A Kit ___ bar
8101 - 40 HIP
38D With it
888 - 41 CATS
71A Stereotypically antisocial pets
863 - 42 FARE
42D Ticket price
856 - 43 DEALT
8D Gave out cards
841 - 44 ASTRO
52D Houston baseballer
7118 - 45 LETO
18D Oscar winner Jared
759 - 46 GLUE
21A Elmer's product
748 - 47 ALLOT
55D Apportion
672 - 48 KEEP
46A "___ Calm and Carry On"
655 - 49 SODOI
70A "Same!"
639 - 50 PRADA
5A Luxury handbag brand
633 - 51 KOALA
54D Marsupial often mistermed a "bear"
564 - 52 ANNUAL
9D Zinnia or sunflower
521 - 53 SNAKEEYES
33D Roll of two ones
517 - 54 YEARN
27D Long (for)
449 - 55 TILES
56D There are 100 of these in every Scrabble game
438 - 56 CYA
35D "Ta-ta," in a text
44 - 57 AVIS
19A Enterprise rival
396 - 58 ELBOW
3D Macaroni shape
355 - 59 WASTE
50D Squander
341 - 60 DAYS
4D 14 of these make up a fortnight
336 - 61 SACK
34A Tackling of the quarterback
335 - 62 STALK
43A Fibrous part of broccoli
329 - 63 RAMADA
28D Holiday Inn competitor
327 - 64 VIDI
16A "Veni, ___, vici"
318 - 65 SKEWS
41D Distorts, as data
316 - 66 RISKS
13D Puts on the line
310 - 67 MOUE
29A Pouty expression
239 - 68 TUBAS
1D Large brass instruments
220 - 69 KODAK
36D Camera company known for its "moments"
217 - 70 CHARD
53D Swiss ___ (salad green)
215 - 71 PHASES
47D The "terrible twos" and the "threenager" years, for example
210 - 72 MAILED
29D Sent by post
27 - 73 STARTSMALL
63A Advice for the overambitious ... or a hint to 17-, 25-, 40- and 50-Across
14 - 74 11
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- 76 11
- 77 11
- 78 11