- 1 ANT
50D Insect that has reportedly passed the "mirror test" of self-recognition
45401 - 2 SEE
30A "Capisce?"
44430 - 3 EON
33D Forever and a day
43343 - 4 OAR
18D Raft turner
36331 - 5 ORA
61D Singer Rita
35227 - 6 ANA
42A "Knives Out" co-star ___ de Armas
33367 - 7 ETON
66A ___ mess (traditional English dessert)
32282 - 8 SAD
52D Down in the dumps
31236 - 9 ALL
36D Without exception
28299 - 10 EYE
59D See 56-Down
28283 - 11 IRIS
56D Colored part of the 59-Down
26225 - 12 ELK
60D Wanderer in a forest
25207 - 13 REP
48A Workout unit, for short
23192 - 14 ASPS
41D Nile biters
22157 - 15 OPI
1D Big name in nail polish
2244 - 16 EDAM
34D Cheese in the Czech dish smažený sýr
19216 - 17 ROD
6D Angler's stick
19157 - 18 SEAL
29D Animal whose crabeater variety does not, in fact, eat crabs
18151 - 19 OWL
5D Bird with "barn" and "barred" varieties
18135 - 20 TUNA
20A Fish in a negitoro roll
18112 - 21 OTOH
8D "Then again …," to a texter
1860 - 22 ORSO
5A Wishy-washy words
17145 - 23 EAU
35A Contents of la Seine
16203 - 24 IBET
40D "Yeah, right!"
16132 - 25 ROW
25D Use an 18-Down
1695 - 26 REC
19D Suggestion, informally
15163 - 27 AHAB
57A Literary character who hopes to get whale soon?
15156 - 28 IAGO
63A "Othello" villain
14173 - 29 ALTA
9A Utah ski resort
13124 - 30 BAH
43D "Pshaw!"
12142 - 31 HEM
2D Skirt's edge
12136 - 32 MEME
38D Product of the internet that might be "dank" or "deep-fried"
1260 - 33 SHIP
53D Pequod, e.g.
1160 - 34 OHHI
1A "Fancy seeing you here!"
1144 - 35 DDAY
68A Event captured in the photograph "Into the Jaws of Death"
1098 - 36 MAAM
46A Polite term of address
1092 - 37 TOYS
28A Playroom pile
1062 - 38 ITD
27A "___ be my pleasure"
1054 - 39 ITAL
23D Tilted type: Abbr.
894 - 40 RIPS
22D Tears
848 - 41 RTES
24D Blvds. and rds.
7128 - 42 SONG
14D Dynasty after the Tang
771 - 43 SEEK
67A Pursue
754 - 44 ASSAY
12D Give a makeup test?
568 - 45 CARS
16A Pixar franchise in which buses and taxis exist, despite serving seemingly no purpose
549 - 46 SADIE
49D Actress Sink of "Stranger Things"
548 - 47 THC
44A Compound in a joint
519 - 48 SHAKA
49A "Hang loose" sign
56 - 49 PEONS
13A Lowly sorts
437 - 50 ACCEDE
47D Submit
427 - 51 SATED
54D Overfilled
348 - 52 MALARIA
38A Disease for which China's Tu Youyou discovered a lifesaving treatment, earning her a Nobel Prize
311 - 53 NYY
62D M.L.B. team for "Mr. October" and "Mr. November"
311 - 54 IDYL
64A Rustic verse
242 - 55 LAHORE
10D Punjabi metropolis
221 - 56 TRIPLE
11D With 44-Down, many an EGOT contender … or what's spelled out by this puzzle's shaded squares?
219 - 57 ARSENIC
55A As, in chemistry
216 - 58 INOUT
4D Two-way, as a door
215 - 59 WOOT
15A Online "Yay!"
210 - 60 HASAGO
45D Tries
26 - 61 RAREBIRD
39D Odd duck, aptly
25 - 62 DEADTREEEDITION
58A Physical copy, colloquially
23 - 63 THREAT
44D See 11-Down
112 - 64 PERRY
65A Linda of the band 4 Non Blondes
111 - 65 CARLY
26A ___ Rae Jepsen ("Call Me Maybe" singer)
19 - 66 ACTCASUAL
9D "Don't look suspicious!"
13 - 67 BELLLABS
43A Research institute where radio astronomy began
13 - 68 HOTTODDY
3D "Southern cough syrup"
13 - 69 IMTOOOLDFORTHIS
17A Lament while dealing with "kids these days"
13 - 70 SLYNODS
37A Subtle acknowledgments
13 - 71 SOFTLY
7D On little cat feet, say
13 - 72 THECOPA
21A Where "music and passion were always the fashion," in a Barry Manilow hit
13 - 73 CHESSSETS
51A Where to find queens and kings
12 - 74 PADSEEEW
31A Thai noodle dish
12 - 75 11
- 76 11