| Group of big hitters? |
MAFIA |
| Group of five players that blow hard on stage until they all finish their piece |
WINDQUINTET |
| High priest that sounds like a hilarious camelid |
LAMA |
| It's made up of metric units |
POEM |
| Let a fart loose, with 'one' |
RIP |
| Letters on a metronome |
BPM |
| Like an EPIC statue |
MONUMENTAL |
| Like Avoxes in 'The Hunger Games,' because the government cut their tongues out |
MUTE |
| Like good barbecue sauce |
TANGY |
| Long story |
SAGA |
| Maine town on the Penobscot River |
ORONO |
| Metal tossed on a junk heap |
SCRAP |
| Method of growing plants that... look, it's for weed, all right? You use this method to grow weed |
HYDROPONICS |
| Mine was boldly titled 'A New Definition of the Steenrod Operations in Algebraic Geometry' |
THESIS |
| Official order |
EDICT |
| Piece of land sometimes connected to the mainland, depending on the time of day |
TIDALISLAND |
| Place for a weekday evening quiz with one's chaps |
PUB |
| Place you store food, assuming you live in, like, the mid-1800s |
LARDER |
| Potential martini ingredient, but I'll take mine with vodka, thanks |
GIN |
| Pretentious way to say 'oceans' |
DEEPS |
| Shiny inner shell coating that makes pearls |
NACRE |
| Shoe manufacturer whose name derives from the Latin for 'bird' |
AVIA |
| Slaps one's own palms repeatedly |
CLAPS |
| Slice left over from Thanksgiving, say |
PIE |
| Smarter long-term alternative to fossil fuels... that could come from the starts to 17-, 30-, 49-, or 65-Across |
RENEWABLEENERGY |
| Sport that is supposedly very subtle and technical but sure as heck just looks like two obese men shoving each other |
SUMO |
| Starry |
ASTRAL |
| Taco topper |
SALSA |
| To be handed in |
DUE |
| To this point |
YET |
| Totally comprehend |
GROK |
| Trashy champagne brand that comes in peach and strawberry |
ANDRE |
| Type of restaurant that for years my wife thought served Indian food because of the way it sounds |
DELI |
| Unit spotted at a gym (in both ways) |
REP |
| Vegas landmark with a Mardi Gras motif |
HARRAHS |
| Viewpoint, metaphorically |
LENS |
| Will Ferrell movie with the line 'Not now, arctic puffin!' |
ELF |
| World's third-smallest country, trailing only Vatican City and Monaco |
NAURU |
| ___ Northman ('True Blood' hunk) |
ERIC |
