15x15 70-word themeless. Mainly a practice run at a low-word open grid; the fill probably could be smoother and less PPP-heavy. Aiming for old-school NYT Friday difficulty.
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I might like DIRTPLATE more actually! (IMO it's just as green-painty as DIETPLATE56AIt's eaten by losers[---------] but somehow DIETPLATE56AIt's eaten by losers[---------]'s the one that scored on my wordlist)
Amtrak service that's as close as the US gets to true high-speed rail
14A
2010 landmark health legislation, informally
16A
Like some battles
17A
They're often exposed
18A
Topic of Ted Stevens' 2006 infamous "Series of Tubes" speech
19A
Modern umbrella term for describing people exhibiting variation in how their brains process and interpret the world
21A
Maine motto ("I direct")
22A
Cubes : 3 :: ____ : 4
28A
Tropical map feature
31A
Park in New York City?
32A
"Someone call up an exterminator... now!"
33A
2021 Denis Villeneuve epic
34A
Lamp in a synagogue
36A
Periodicals with "easy-to-swallow" articles
38A
"Can you try out my new crossword puzzle?" "Sure! No ____!"
39A
Lib. sec. for the OED
41A
Treat along the Thames
42A
Aleppo's land (abbr.)
43A
Possible holy grails for collectors seeking the original unaltered Star Wars trilogy
45A
Word preceding piano or scholar
47A
Derisively-named crossword construction tools used four times in this grid, most notably to fit this clue and 19A19AModern umbrella term for describing people exhibiting variation in how their brains process and interpret the world[--------------]
55A
Attends a yoga or crossword-constructing class, perhaps
56A
It's eaten by losers
57A
Capstone of many HS Eng. programs
58A
Pertaining to tautness
59A
Reach, as point B from point A
60A
Saccharine ending?
61A
Sam of "Jurassic Park"
Down
1D
Former capital whose name is a homophone for "good" in a neighboring country's language
2D
Busy as ___
3D
"Old-World Style" sauce brand
4D
US House "Squad" member Ilhan
5D
Intercontinental defense alliance (abbr.)
6D
"Livin' _____ Loca" (apt entry to a 1999 pop nostalgia playlist, right next to Mambo No. 5 and All Star)
7D
Rock opening
8D
Devoid (of), like the Kalahari
9D
"Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin laid _____" (start of a classic playground chant)
10D
Feature of Tarantino and Hitchcock films
11D
Actress ____ Rachel Wood of Westworld
12D
Carrefour purchase
13D
Synonym of 23D23DSynonym of 13D[-----]
15D
El ___ (Spanish hero)
20D
Like junk bonds vis-a-vis Treasuries
22D
Packs (down)
23D
Synonym of 13D13DSynonym of 23D[---]
24D
Spanish address?
25D
Stereotypical record-store clerk, perhaps
26D
Location of many 5D5DIntercontinental defense alliance (abbr.)[----] members
27D
Urban parking location, sometimes
28D
Points of discontinuity
29D
Bit of slapstick
30D
Ayes
33D
Bodega
35D
En route
37D
H.S. equiv. test
40D
Line in a country song?
44D
Dead Sea Scrolls writer
45D
Send a check in the mail
46D
Must
47D
Deal
48D
NBC newsanchor who moderated a 2016 Presidential debate
49D
Saucepan vols.
50D
____ the air (apt descriptor for your plans when your flight's in a holding pattern)