A Force of Nature

Beverage often served with a ladle from a bowl

With 51-Across: Sparky, who went on a year-long killing spree at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in 2001, was this kind of animal

Type of bagel

Forever, poetically

Deece

Relented

Counterpart of Mars

Transcript stat.

Political nuisances

Kings Down ___, road in North Springs that doesn't actually form a loop: Abbr.

Leatherback, e.g.

Taylor Swift's boyfriend?

Glum

Place, in Germany

Hoops org.

Removes a fleece?

Girlfriend, in Guadalajara

Like things after being attacked by this puzzle's subject, perhaps, and a hint to filling two squares

Battering ___

Charged particle

A, to Einstein

"The Bluest Eye" author Morrison

Sweatered mister with a calming presence

Repents

And others, in Latin

Church district ... or a European capital plus a letter

See 7-Across

Car game you wouldn't want to play with the subject of this puzzle?

One piece of a pack that, not to call anyone out, actually doesn't have to be eaten all at once

City on the Illinois River

Virgin Isl. or Guam, e.g.

Swipes

Nashville-based awards org.

Not place all one's eggs in one basket, as a gambler

It'll blow you away

"One ___ time!"

Carson City state: Abbr.

Picks up the tab

Going nowhere

Peter Parker has an extra one

Receptionist at Dunder-Mifflin

She was played by Tina on SNL

Keith who has been honored by 5-Down 13 times

Wander

Chipotle alternative with a hallmark greeting

Maple syrup before it's boiled

Like good whiskey

Where you might store your PJ's?

Reagan's "Star Wars" program: Abbr.

Like the governor of Florida not believing in climate change

Hindu god with the head of an elephant

Slow vehicle seen on road signs in the Midwest

What a stud does

Kind of mobile-game purchase

Of two minds

Inventor Whitney

It might be salted

Circumference divided by radius