Bonnie Raitt lyric from a sad karaoke song: "...___ the dark, in these final hours..."
12A
Famed crossword razor that I've never actually seen in real life (does it even exist or is it a cruciverbalist hoax?)
13A
Affixing, maybe
14A
Breakfast staple in the Carolinas, singularly
15A
Fur-y female of classical music?
16A
Big beast found in Maine
17A
Winter hours, in Woonsocket and Worcester (abbr.)
18A
Abandoned Pools - "___ or Later"
19A
Off preceder, crudely
22A
Like a well built staircase
24A
Doubled, west coast term for your homie
27A
Showstoppers
28A
Jewelry store that bullies people into spending stupid amounts of money for little shiny insignificant stones (sorry girls, diamonds are not the planet's best friend, since mining them destroys it, and they were probably procured using slave labor)
30A
Swearing profusely and 19A your head, for Tourette's sufferers
31A
It's always Ms. Rita of "West Side Story", isn't it? (It also means brown in Spanish)
32A
Second-rate gas station "Slurpee"
33A
Roast, lambast, or lampoon
34A
S.F.'s Van ___ Ave or South Van ___ Ave
35A
Unyielding sexual pursuits, dejectedly
Verticales
1D
Tame surprised exclamtion
2D
Sends to the ground, as a tree
3D
Nutrient-rich pulverized produce mixed with water, plurally
4D
In a multilingual casino craps dealer's lingo: "We.need a ___ to win this race, folks, let's see that 3-3!"
5D
One, in the homeland of Oktoberfest
6D
'Star Trek" series featuring the immortal JL, aka Picard, abbreviatedly
7D
Creture's black home?
8D
Triple IPAs and Matcha teas
9D
Something to get out of someone you want to get angry?