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Across
  • 1. First-prize winner

  • 6. Jason of "The Muppets"

  • 11. Abbr. on many CDs

  • 14. Object, but not strongly

  • 15. Act the drama queen

  • 16. "It's the end of an ___!"

  • 17. When we first met the vocal "gift from God"

  • 19. "___ Me Down", Avicii song featuring AML

  • 20. Being selected for the Top 36, for example (2 words)

  • 22. Baby of the future

  • 25. Place to shout from

  • 26. Feathery fashion accessory

  • 27. Grissom's first name, on "CSI"

  • 29. "Girls" creator/star Dunham

  • 30. Televised song sung for the judges that introduced AML (with 40-Across)

  • 34. Hair job

  • 36. It all began in January 2009 for him

  • 39. Smile feature for Madonna or Alfred E. Neuman

  • 40. See 30-Across

  • 43. Jai ___ (fast-paced court game)

  • 46. "Little" car in a 1964 top 10 hit

  • 47. "Call Me Maybe" singer Carly ___ Jepsen

  • 48. Bother to no end

  • 51. Makes right

  • 54. Fox TV show where it all began

  • 57. Bogotá's country: Abbr.

  • 58. He gave a standing O for the performance of "Mad World"

  • 62. One, in Paris

  • 63. He'll be "Iconic" judge

  • 64. Judge who defended 36-Across as "current"

  • 65. CBS part: Abbr.

  • 66. Comparable (with)

  • 67. Oglers

  • Down
  • 1. Alternatives to streaming

  • 2. Tee-___ (giggle sound)

  • 3. "I __ _ Rock" (Simon & Garfunkel hit)

  • 4. One deep in thought

  • 5. Authorized stand-in

  • 6. "___ _ told you so!"

  • 7. Radiate, as light

  • 8. Modern words of encouragement: "You __ ___!"

  • 9. Prefix denoting 'people'

  • 10. Shed inhibitions (2 words)

  • 11. Erase with a keystroke

  • 12. Make use of, as experience (2 words)

  • 13. Place for a manicure and seaweed wrap

  • 18. Barracks boss, for short

  • 21. Lions and Bears, but not Tigers

  • 22. "Cabaret" lyricist Fred

  • 23. Barnyard sound

  • 24. "Who Let the Dogs Out" group ___ Men

  • 27. Danielle to 36-Across, ___ pal

  • 28. "In life, as __ ___, the beautiful moves in curves." (Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton)

  • 31. More provocative

  • 32. Barnyard sound

  • 33. Adorable troublemaker

  • 34. AKA, in corporate-speak

  • 35. "Yer darn tootin'!"

  • 37. Electrical conductance unit (that's another unit backwards)

  • 38. Between a rock and a hard place

  • 41. Eber to 36-Across, for example

  • 42. It's a good thing to hear from the judges

  • 43. Ancient computer

  • 44. Pucker-producing

  • 45. "Hello" singer Adkins and dancer Astaire

  • 46. Prepare to go on stage for the FYE tour (2 words)

  • 49. Visual poetry, for short (or lively in Italian)

  • 50. Suffix with beaut-

  • 51. General's asst.

  • 52. Actor Demi or Dudley

  • 53. Former Denver Bronco quarterback John

  • 55. Emeril Lagasse restaurant named for its city and state

  • 56. Old Irish frock

  • 59. Buffalo-to-Syracuse dir.

  • 60. Not a follower: Abbr.

  • 61. Fleur-de- ___: Var.

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