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* Ballerina's skirt
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Across
  1. 1A
    * Ballerina's skirt
  2. 5A
    Freak out
  3. 10A
    Kind of stick that boings
  4. 14A
    "Dear ___ Hansen" (Tony-winning musical)
  5. 15A
    Ancient Greek marketplace
  6. 16A
    Give ___ for their money (not allow someone to win easily)
  7. 17A
    Tear apart
  8. 18A
    Physician who promoted Hippocrates' theory of the humors (whose name sounds like a unit of volume equal to 8 19-Across's)
  9. 19A
    Small container size for ice cream
  10. 20A
    * Terézia Polereczky, to composer Béla Bartók
  11. 22A
    "___ Unchained" (Tarantino movie starring Jamie Foxx)
  12. 24A
    Ending with Louis to make a state where 7-Down is located
  13. 25A
    "Little Miss Muffet / Sat on a tuffet, / Eating her curds and ___"
  14. 26A
    Moxie
  15. 29A
    The red ninja turtle's weapon (that looks and sounds like the letter Ψ)
  16. 31A
    "Ho ho ho" crier
  17. 35A
    Stereotypical frat party
  18. 37A
    Two-toed sloth that begins and ends with the same vowel
  19. 39A
    Surgery sites: Abbr.
  20. 40A
    "Sweet dreams are made of this / Who am ___ disagree" (lyrics from a Eurythmics song that my younger coworker didn't know which made me feel old)
  21. 41A
    Sets, as concrete
  22. 43A
    Actress Long of "Big Momma's House"
  23. 44A
    Actress Ryan of "Sleepless in Seattle"
  24. 45A
    Hungarian violinist Leopold (whose name sounds like "hour")
  25. 46A
    Showed boredom, in a way
  26. 48A
    University teachers, for short
  27. 50A
    Be a couch potato, with "out"
  28. 52A
    Capital where the Dalai Lama once lived
  29. 53A
    What many customers hit up before dining at Peter Luger Steak House since they don't accept credit cards
  30. 55A
    Sainted pope called "the Great" (whose regnal name is the blue ninja turtle and whose regnal number is "the first")
  31. 57A
    Beverage served with dim sum
  32. 60A
    * Headscarf tied under the chin
  33. 64A
    Major work
  34. 65A
    Backup strategy
  35. 67A
    Optimas and Souls
  36. 68A
    Moon goddess
  37. 69A
    Renaissance Faire weapon
  38. 70A
    Suffix with kitchen or luncheon
  39. 71A
    H.S. Exam that in 2015, dropped its requirement for students to copy and sign a statement in cursive as many students found it too difficult to do (to be fair, many US schools stopped teaching cursive writing)
  40. 72A
    Encouraged, with "on"
  41. 73A
    * "Divine Secrets of the ___ Sisterhood" (Rebecca Wells novel)
Down
  1. 1D
    Sea eagle that sounds like a change in direction
  2. 2D
    Part of the eye
  3. 3D
    Powdered orange beverage that astronauts made cool
  4. 4D
    Lasting forever, like one's love and affection for family
  5. 5D
    Idol worshiper, perhaps
  6. 6D
    Brightly-colored lizards (rhymes with pajamas)
  7. 7D
    The Big Easy, by another nickname
  8. 8D
    All the rage?
  9. 9D
    Domino Sugar competitor (whose logo features an ampersand and a hibiscus flower)
  10. 10D
    Tropical fruit that is one of the flavors in Hawaiian Punch
  11. 11D
    "Where is fancy bred, in the heart ___ the head?" (Willy Wonka quote)
  12. 12D
    ___-ho (zealously enthusiastic, or when repeated, what I affectionately called my grandpa, whom my grandma would buy oranges for all the time)
  13. 13D
    "Hold ___ your hat!"
  14. 21D
    Hustle
  15. 23D
    Youngest brother of baseball's Felipe and Matty (whose first name is someone not revered by a 5-Down, and whose surname appears in crosswords all the time thanks to its vowel-heavy makeup)
  16. 25D
    Major Italian export including Pinot Grigio and Prosecco
  17. 26D
    Pinch pennies
  18. 27D
    First Russian emperor known as "The Great"
  19. 28D
    * 3D printing manufacturer whose name sounds like what's missing from this Wham! song title: "Wake Me Up Before ___"
  20. 30D
    "The Black Unicorn" poet Lorde
  21. 32D
    * Comedian Matteo Lane's "Things in ___'s House" (or prefix for a nine-sided polygon but with an extra "n")
  22. 33D
    Makes an effort
  23. 34D
    Carne ___ (burrito filling)
  24. 36D
    "Gifts of Passage" author Santha Rama ___
  25. 38D
    "___ Way You Want It" (Journey song)
  26. 42D
    Goes "vroom vroom," as an engine
  27. 47D
    Preceder of Xray, Yankee, Zulu
  28. 49D
    Campaign contributor with deep pockets, or what Lex (my friend Frankie's feline pet) literally is because he eats too much
  29. 51D
    Quick look
  30. 54D
    Pancake syrup flavor
  31. 56D
    Receded, as the tide
  32. 57D
    Beatles song with the lyric "I do appreciate you being 'round"
  33. 58D
    Major work
  34. 59D
    "What's Love Go to Do With It" singer Turner
  35. 60D
    Go out with a ___ (end dramatically)
  36. 61D
    ___ roadblock (be stymied)
  37. 62D
    "Firework" singer Perry
  38. 63D
    On the ocean blue
  39. 66D
    Bring up the rear
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