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You may have to go on it if the speaker of 29-Across catches you eating its homophone
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Across
  1. 1A
    You may have to go on it if the speaker of 29-Across catches you eating its homophone
  2. 4A
    Mushrooms may marveously masquerade as this
  3. 8A
    Paper ones are apt mid-February decor
  4. 14A
    "One could say that..."
  5. 16A
    Some chilled, non-monstrous coolers
  6. 17A
    How "you look," in Lyons
  7. 18A
    "____ Off," per Bogdanovich
  8. 19A
    Lessened the impact of
  9. 21A
    The "Moonlight ____" was never called as such by its composer
  10. 22A
    In song, it "saw me standing alone / without a dream in my heart." At a bar, it might quench said loneliness (with a touch of citrus, to boot)
  11. 28A
    Aware of
  12. 29A
    Declaration by someone who's seen how the sausage gets made (or who's seen a factory farm)
  13. 31A
    Non-aquatic surfing venue
  14. 32A
    "Brief Encounter" director
  15. 33A
    On YouTube, the queen to Quan's don
  16. 34A
    Measurement needed for sewing a bodice
  17. 35A
    "In olden days, a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking / But now, god knows / Anything ____"
  18. 37A
    Arise
  19. 40A
    A "seen"-but-unanswered double- or triple-____ might arouse anxiety in a sender; an ur-____ might arouse curiousity in a scholar
  20. 41A
    Egyptian deity who assisted in protecting mothers, children, and childbearth (and doubling the sole vowel transforms this into a stinging swarm)
  21. 44A
    Surgery that opens up the ol' noggin (well, the skull, at least)
  22. 47A
    Papyrus is a much-derided one
  23. 48A
    It's on the edge of town, per the Boss
  24. 49A
    Whistling one is fine, but you might need to get some rhythm, too (if you get the blues)
  25. 51A
    A mineral that nat'rally looks lite-ly spiky (for the Greek etymologists out there, it's made of soda and stone)
  26. 53A
    "2001: A Space Odyssey"'s introduces the monolith (var.)
  27. 58A
    Like the dawn, from the Roman goddess of daybreak
  28. 60A
    A snowy city—that sounds like a Grecian goddess
  29. 61A
    Split ___: shots well-utilized by dePalma
  30. 62A
    Alternatives to pilsners or ales
  31. 63A
    Redhead associated with Green Gables
  32. 64A
    Direction that sounds (mostly) like a music fest
Down
  1. 1D
    Celtic sea god whose name resembles old Italian coins, minus a vowel
  2. 2D
    A type of flower or sea-plant whose name means "daughter of the wind"
  3. 3D
    Fatally unsuccessful French dividing line
  4. 4D
    The only thing you need to succeed in America...riiiiight?
  5. 5D
    Strategies that "Big Brother" contestants start considering as the competition whittles down
  6. 6D
    Where much of "Moby Dick" takes place
  7. 7D
    A treaty that prohibits nuclear explosions or experiments, for short
  8. 8D
    Those for whom Holi is holy
  9. 9D
    Leave it at the door...
  10. 10D
    ...unless you're this boxer, who had the right to say he was The Greatest
  11. 11D
    Nickname for "His Girl Friday" star Russell, perhaps
  12. 12D
    One of ten items to put down, to show loyalty to a Zoomer
  13. 13D
    The sounds of silence? No—the sound of snakes!
  14. 15D
    Near-homophone for another divine 4-across substitute (and prince of 48-across)
  15. 20D
    Nickname for "Crocodile Rock" singer, perhaps
  16. 21D
    Eating a devil's food cake may feel like one
  17. 23D
    Graceful heron variety
  18. 24D
    Medical tool for looking into that aforementioned noggin
  19. 25D
    Likely-exctinct Hawaiian honeyeater birds—or, phonetically, the sounds you might make if you somehow got the chance to see them
  20. 26D
    CIA forerunner that included John Ford and Sterling Hayden as assets
  21. 27D
    Like a tryst with no expectations (or an acronym for one of the two 2011 rom coms featuring a star hot from "Black Swan" about such a romantic situation)
  22. 30D
    "Mangia!" in Massachusetts
  23. 32D
    Pink and purple flower, or its protein-packed bean
  24. 34D
    "What, you don't like this shipment of two-story beds?" "Yeah, it's a load'a ___"
  25. 35D
    Item for a lapidarist
  26. 36D
    The title of the late-'00s rom com "Definitely Maybe" is one
  27. 37D
    The highest common factor that exactly divides two or more numbers: abbr.
  28. 38D
    The Victorian one saw the wide-spread use of placing 8-across on greeting cards
  29. 39D
    With an appropriate accent mark, title role for Blanchett
  30. 40D
    Deep-fried tortilla topped with the good stuff—a tlayuda, or Oaxacan Pizza, counts as one
  31. 41D
    Itty-bitty shoesies (var.)
  32. 42D
    Attracts in a heart-softening way
  33. 43D
    What my bedroom was in high school (and college, and my twenties...)
  34. 45D
    Alternate spelling for the Celtic god of love, youth, the summer, and poetry
  35. 46D
    Employer of the protagonist of the early-'10s rom com "She's Out of My League"
  36. 47D
    Drop a pick-up line, say
  37. 50D
    Take 47-down to the next level, without making a whole to-do about it
  38. 52D
    The current, crumbling state of a place erected to honor the loves and gods of old (who we've gotten to know quite a bit throughout this puzzle!)
  39. 53D
    They could be satin and flouncy or flannel and button-up; either way, they're cozy
  40. 54D
    Bad thing for a car tire or a relationship to be in
  41. 55D
    One half of the duo behind "Double Fantasy"
  42. 56D
    Basic monetary unit of Romania; a 'B' at the front turns it into a basic color unit for Luxembourg or Djibouti
  43. 57D
    The answer's singular, but a bunch of these make for a heart-healthy, fiber-rich breakfast
  44. 59D
    Its capital is SYD
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