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Across

1A (Attaches patches, say): SEWS

5A (To be, en español): ESTAR

10A (Hop, skip, or jump): MOVE

14A (State boldly): AVER

15A (Two-time Nobel Prize winner Curie): MARIE

16A (“Your turn,” on a walkie-talkie): OVER

17A (Actress on “Bosch”): MIMI ROGERS (Bookmimi? No, the hint is “Open Book” – the words opening and closing the phrase are books: MINI book and ROGERS book? No, it’s MIMI [Book] and [Book] ROGERS… actually, the theme is more direct: MINI and MIMI? No. Let’s look at the “Open Book” hint: MIMI / ROGERS (Mimi is a character, but MINI and CASE are books). Correction: The theme is that the first and last letters of the theme answers “Open” and “Close” a type of book. Or, more simply, the first word and last word are types of books (e.g., MINI-book / SCRAP-book).

19A (Give in): CEDE

20A (City near Dallas): PLANO

21A (Heritage gp. with roots in China, India, and Samoa): AAPI

22A (Far from shore): AT SEA

23A (Running time): DURATION

25A (Species last seen in the 1660s): MAURITIUS DODO

27A (Subj. for some immigrants): ESL

28A (Scatter, as seeds): SOW

30A (Ctrl-Alt-__): DEL

31A (Tiebreakers, briefly): OTS

32A (Eyelid malady): STYE

34A (Prefix with day or night): MID

36A (Family rooms): DENS

38A (Type of exam / Reveal): OPEN BOOK

42A (Not full-size): MINI

44A (Tailless primate): APE

45A (Buddies): PALS

49A (Ultrasound goop): GEL

50A (Summer zodiac sign): LEO

53A (Smidgen): TAD

55A (Casual shoe, casually): SNEAK

56A (Emma Stone/Ryan Gosling film): LA LA LAND

59A (Like some algebra): LINEAR

61A (X __ xylophone): AS IN

62A (Typical high schooler): TEEN

64A (Science fiction author Jules): VERNE

65A (Channel): DUCT

66A (Lukewarm critique): IT’S OKAY

68A (Southernmost Great Lake): ERIE

69A (Used a pen): WROTE

70A (Light brown shade): ECRU

71A (Complete groups): SETS

72A (Inventor Nikola): TESLA

73A (Hoarse voice): RASP

Down

1D (Grocery store freebies): SAMPLES

2D (Most wicked): EVILLEST

3D (Feminine): SHE

4D (Attempt to hit a baseball): SWING

5D (Punk subgenre): EMO

6D (Very long story): SAGA

7D (Tire pattern): TREAD

8D (Apple gadget in an ear): AIRPOD

9D (Live (in)): RESIDE

10D (Flash card words): MO-OP (Actually MVC) — Correction: VOCAB

11D (Tax crime): EVASION

12D (Changes back (to)): REVERTS

13D (Rye and sourdough): BREADS

18D (Decomposes): ROTS

24D (Base after third base): HOME

26D (Merrie __ England): OLDE

29D (Victory): WIN

33D (Long time): EON

35D (Genetic letters): DNA

37D (Mind reader’s gift): ESP

39D (Medication form): PILL

40D (Choose (to)): OPT

41D (Blue-green shade): TEAL

42D (Use a ruler): MEASURE

43D (Prohibited): INHIBIT

46D (Song: “My country, ’tis of thee”): AMERICA

47D (Auto shop offerings): LOANERS

48D (Make a mess of): SLOP UP

49D (Grassy forest clearings): GLADES

51D (Fails big-time): EATS IT

52D (Tied in a best-of-three): ONE ALL

54D (Go in headfirst): DIVE

57D (Buys into a poker game): ANTES

58D (Classroom array): DESKS

60D ( “Not a chance!”): NOPE

63D (Christmas): NOEL

67D (Vitamin fig.): RDA

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