Reader's High

"John Wayne Was A Nazi" hardcore grp.

A grp. of neurodivergencies that can make holding eye contact or picking up social cues difficult

"Big Blue" corp.

Prefix before -plane, if you're old timey (or really into Neutral Milk Hotel)

2021 Mia McKenzie novel "_____ Falling," whose titular character is an aging lesbian from Philadelphia

"Shotta Flow" rapper _____ Choppa

552, to Ceasar

Name often called out by Fred Flintstone (usually with a lot of extra As at the end)

Sheep sound

(Reaching one's hand out to another) "Ayo, _____ me up, bro"

Fixes, or brings two together again?

"8" prefix

Plus

Two of a kind

Rock found in school halls and pool halls

Boss (Abbr.)

PepsiCo soft drink _____ Dew, which comes in flavors such as "Code Red" and "Baja Blast"

Get up, or tolerate

The net-traffic statistic I'm attempting to boost by adding the terms XWORD, CROSSWORD, NEW CROSSWORD, FUN CROSSWORD, and FREE CROSSWORD to this clue

"Have _____ on me!" -kindly Irish pubgoer

(With 34D and 50A) Cocktail brewed by Zaphod Beeblebrox, the effects of which feel like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick

Demon lords

"_____ to ur grandma but im different"

Toyota model

Every man for themselves, in gaming (Abbr.)

Three syllable patriotic chant you might hear watching a NASCAR or WWE event

Actor Daniel _____, who has portrayed Agent James Bond and Detective Benoit Blanc

Org. for seniors

Indifferent sounds

___ Lanka

(See 31A)

Place to park your car (or auction it off)

"Illmatic" rapper

Workplace assessments (Abbr.)

(With 58A) You take this drug, and the story ends; you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to

Game score (Abbr.)

Streamer _____ Ross, supporter of Andrew Tate and alleged sisterfucker

(See 55A/61A)

BBC sci-fi hit "Doctor _____"

The largest frat in the US

(With 58A) You take this drug, you stay in Wonderland, and Morpheus will show you how deep the rabbit hole goes

Commonly known as "spice," this drug can be found in the sandworm-infested deserts of Arrakis

Reduplicative onomatopoeia for the sound a leaky faucet makes

"Players" rapper _____ Leray (you know, that song that samples "The Message")

"Didn't even break _____!"

"There were some chapters I had to _____ tonight's reading. This book is just so long!"

This drug might cure your fear of death, but side effects include losing the ability to distinguish between words and real-life phenomena

(With 9D) This drug is derived from the flesh of giant aquatic centipedes lurking in the oceans of the Interzone

(See 8D)

Jenna Ortega character Wednesday _____

British record label

Like one polar region of Earth (and the complete opposite of the other polar region of Earth)

It might be 78 or 45 for singles, or 33&1/3rd for LPs

Quaint contraction (we usually say "shouldn't" now)

Prefix before -social, or before -Social Social Club

Health resort

Neurodegenerative disease associated with the Ice Bucket Challenge

The very rhyme scheme / that's used in this clue / I think it does seem / this rhyme scheme's a dream!

West African desert

(See 31A)

AJ's partner, on the Billboard charts

"Your parents are actually alive!" to an orphan, or "we've found a cure, you're saved!" to a terminally ill patient

"You ought to." "You're right, _____."

Pale, cutesy color family often associated with kawaii aesthetics

Alexandre Dumas's "The Count of Monte ___"

"I think you better quit, let the shit slip, or you'll be leaving with a _____," -Fred Durst

San Joaquin Valley city

This mo.'s showers bring May flowers

(See 49D)

Carne ___ (burrito filling)

(With 46D) This neurolinguistic drug doubles as a computer virus; you can get it from an Aleutian killer in the Metaverse

"The Killers" star _____ Gardner

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