This one was inspired by another Crosshare meta (but it'd be too big of a hint if I told you which one). This is maybe a you-see-it-or-you-don't puzzle. Will tell you the few hints given in the clues to point you in the right direction are all not part of the meta solution or themers.
Still, I think it should be fun. There are some large bones to chew on so it shouldn't be too hard to get started.
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Stoic; like the author of "Hercules Furens", "Medea", "Troades" and other tragedies
14A
"Norma ___" (Field film)
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Also
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Receptacles for a fountain pen need
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Completely capture the attention of
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Stone mounds
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King of Noland and brother to Fluff. (Or if you haven't read Queen Zixi of Ix lately then use the clue "unopened flower")
21A
"What are you -- --?" (Um, clue 21 Across21A"What are you -- --?" (Um, clue 21 Across. Why do you ask?)[----]. Why do you ask?)
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-- -- cost (free)
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Conrad novel about the abandoning of a ship
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If you ain't got this, boys, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
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Sits about in a funk
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Mental state of a cat (and perhaps the audience) after a Monty Python skit
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Remove; unwrite
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Lode
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Faster than sound aircraft
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Nigerian ruler
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Hwy.
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Plateaus
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Accompanying plate of leafy greens
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Character actor in "Goodfellas", "My cousin Vinnie", "Home Alone", etc. etc.
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Daughter of James II, niece of Charles II, and sister of Anne
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Army camp followers; rabble; a maker of CPU fans
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Charts
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When the Ice Age occurs in "The Skin of Our Teeth"
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Tolkien creature (the bad one; not the good one)
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Iron deficiency
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As Earth did to Boomers, to Gen Xers, he abides
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Apparent
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Scurried
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Swarm of butterflies catcher
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Lines that cut curves in multiple places
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Creative product
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Incredibly Stupid Acronym
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The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement
Down
1D
"--- -- Work" (Australian rock band); or... Egyptian amulet; or "-- ---; You Herm" (what Hawthorne said to Melville when they were playing Tarzan)
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Hurtful act
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Reprimand
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Pack of rats killer
5D
Orders just a 43A43AAccompanying plate of leafy greens[---------]
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Hosp. workers
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He speculated the mind was composed of the Id, Ego, and Superego
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What's between H and K
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Implore; entreat
10D
Cease
11D
Better part of
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Meh...
13D
Central American Integration System
18D
Circulating story of uncertain truth. (Hmm... the collective noun for the plural of this is "nest". That won't help you with the meta but it's an interesting fact)
20D
Vivacity
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Leaves out
25D
Anything is fine with me
27D
October Revolution country
29D
Legislative body
30D
62D62D30D but more immediate and masculine (both are Spanish pronouns)[---] but less immediate and feminine (both are Spanish pronouns)
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Germ
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Give for free
33D
French for edge or seam and, thus, a common word in the names of many French communities
34D
Kinda like the things in 49D49DConnecting points[-----]
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In mourning
42D
Unpleasantly pungent
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All-in-one Apple computer
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Directed toward
49D
Connecting points
50D
Actress Garbo
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Companion of Niña and Gallega
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College entrance exams
54D
Razor brand
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Scorch; blacken
56D
Camp shelter (hmm, "camp" is a collective noun for bats... that won't help you with the meta [unless it does] but I thought I'd point it out)
59D
A pleasant city in France
61D
A singular prefix
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30D30D62D but less immediate and feminine (both are Spanish pronouns)[----] but more immediate and masculine (both are Spanish pronouns)