Halliwell (Ginger Spice) or Allen (terrific jazz pianist who died way too soon)
9A
Unadulterated
13A
"The Grand Canyon State" (abbr.)
14A
Chopper
15A
Bicker
16A
Bad spot for a canary, once
17A
Rachel ___ (NYT Wordplay writer, co-constructor with Claire Rimkus of the "Just Gridding!" crossword site, bioethicist)
18A
Ireland's Cliffs of ___, where the cave scene in "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was filmed
19A
Irish site where St. Patrick converted the King of Munster in the 5th century
22A
___Kosh B'Gosh
23A
Asian celebration
24A
North African chili paste
28A
Irish author Roddy ____ ("Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha," "The Commitments"), who IMO is one of the most brilliant writers of dialogue in the English language)
30A
Snakes often lurking in crosswords, but not, of course, in Ireland
32A
Site of the "Terra Cotta' army
33A
___-la-la
35A
Bath
36A
Basis for some conventional (non-organic) food
37A
"Ireland Forever," in anglicized Irish
41A
Soda, to some
43A
Call in La Liga
44A
Wagering parlor (acronym)
45A
"It's ____" (It didn't work)
47A
Irish author Colfer (the "Artemis Fowl" series)
49A
Irish author Wilde ("The Picture of Dorian Gray")
53A
Decision for some in Altadena after the wildfires
55A
Resistance unit
57A
Letters on a baseball scoreboard
58A
Oft-kissed block near Cork, Ireland
61A
Book of ____ (gorgeously illustrated medieval manuscript at Trinity College)
64A
Overhang
65A
New Mexico arts spot
66A
Most populous nation
67A
Dictator Idi
68A
Stare lecherously
69A
Cologne, to residents
70A
____ Soul ("3 Feet High and Rising")
71A
Some Drs.
Down
1D
Shove (through)
2D
Singing direction meaning "airy"
3D
Irish author Maeve ____ ("Light a Penny Candle")
4D
Biblical prophet who is the namesake for a type of sprouted wheat bread (abbr.)
5D
Faux pas
6D
Possible 44 Across wager
7D
The "Queen of Country"
8D
Where to enjoy a Guinness or Smithwick's
9D
Hardly terse, perhaps after kissing 58 Across
10D
"That was disgusting" (which I did after kissing 58 Across)
11D
Say "I wish I hadn't done that," e.g. (ditto)
12D
"If ___ again I meet him beard to beard, he's mine or I am his" (Coriolanus)
15D
One of the "As" in AARP (abbr.)
20D
SNL alum Cheri
21D
Toy company founded by the Hassenfeld brothers
25D
"Oh well"
26D
Elliott or Smith (but not Elliott Smith, who you should check out if you're into introspective, haunting music)
27D
"That's __-brainer" (response to "Should I visit Ireland if I have a chance?")
29D
Printer option (abbr.)
31D
Vodka that I had way too much of at my Russian teacher's house back in college, for short
34D
Irish author Frank McCourt's mother's name ("_____'s Ashes")
37D
Kindle supports it, among other formats
38D
Any book by any of the Irish authors in this puzzle, not to mention Kevin Barry, Maggie O'Farrell, Colm Tóibin, Sebastian Barry, Paul Murray, Edna O'Brien ....
39D
"Basic building blocks," except that they're made of other things, which in turn are made of other things, which in turn ....
40D
Monogram of a renowned Irish playwright ("Pygmalion")
41D
72, often
42D
Poetic form
46D
Ireland's capital
48D
What the three monkeys saw, heard, and spoke
50D
______ Patrick (mountain atop which Patrick supposedly fasted for 40 days)
51D
The "Governator"
52D
______ Pieces
54D
Ingrid's "Casablanca" role
56D
African scavenger/hunter more closely related to cats than dogs
59D
Appoint
60D
One-time Corvette option
61D
Free, palindromic Canadian messaging app
62D
Roxy Music's Brian (not Roxy Music's Bryan)
63D
"Bad" cholesterol
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