Thanks for another great puzzle, Kelly. I always enjoy entries that come up with fun, perhaps never before seen phrases. Question on 46A though... is that supposed to be stars instead of starts? Could just be user error on my part.
No worries, Kelly. I published a 5x5 the other day featuring a "madator" in the clue. Who, I guess is a person who is really angry at a particular logical operator? Regardless, looking forward to your future works.
Repeated exclamation if you've stepped on a Lego, say
17A
"I truly believe..." in internet shorthand
18A
Ask comedian Aziz incredibly personal questions?
20A
Tooth's partner
21A
Rep. featured in "Knock Down the House".
22A
Scallion-like veggie
23A
Bengals rallying cry
25A
Unforseen hitches
28A
Wineglass part
30A
First-year law students
31A
Civic or Camry, for example
32A
Italian striker Luca, with at least two players between him and the goal?
34A
Titillating
36A
Character who recently went viral because of his feud with a rock
37A
Lao-___
38A
Sharp projectile often found in bars, engraved into glass?
42A
Abbr. in some office addresses
45A
Dressed (in)
46A
Add a star to upon second thought, say
50A
Ranking of the best Korean fermented vegetable dishes?
54A
Consumed
55A
Type of binary question
56A
Suffix for kitchen
57A
Onomatopoeia for something wet hitting the ground
58A
First quarter of a miler's race
60A
Album track
62A
"___ we there yet?"
63A
"Let's leave ____ that."
64A
Class on how to wear a hairnet-type headpiece?
68A
"Midwest ____": Cultural stereotype of passive-aggressive politeness
69A
James Brown's genre
70A
Turmoil
71A
Shoes for wide feet
72A
They might be liberal
73A
Paris palace
Verticales
1D
Stalemate
2D
Stiff worker?
3D
Guacamole ingredient
4D
Cornhusker state: Abbr.
5D
Take to court
6D
October birthstone
7D
Be defeated by
8D
Roused
9D
Pro
10D
"Just to throw this out anyway..." online
11D
State trees of New Mexico
12D
Arrival announcement
13D
Protects
14D
Vatican government
19D
What Russian dolls do
24D
Banquet VIPs
26D
Scandal suffix
27D
Rat out
29D
Nervous wing-eater's specification
33D
"The Wire" character portrayed by Michael K. Williams
35D
251, in old Rome
39D
Hearty's go-with
40D
Removes from a text
41D
Snare
42D
Cincinnati establishment with "3-way," "4-way," and "5-way" options on the menu... the last of which can be constructed with ingredients found in 18A, 32A, 38A, 50A, and 64A
43D
"How to _____": most-searched how-to on Google
44D
Large gap, in typesetting
47D
World volumes
48D
Thorny flower named for a hot drink
49D
Understanding between Britain, France, and Russia to counter-balance the Triple Alliance in World War I
51D
Hundred dollar bills, in slang
52D
Seats at the bar
53D
Look after
59D
She, in Italy
61D
Sticky stuff
65D
Word repeated three times in the Postal Worker's motto