Author: by Prasanna Keshava
Across
Strategy PLAN
Does some basic math ADDS
Gothic church topper SPIRE
Ambience AURA
Ark architect NOAH
Sudden fright PANIC
McDonald’s window (Note the last 2 letters of this answer + the first 4 of 19-Across) DRIVETHRU
Jargon LINGO
“Bye!” SEEYA
Trojan tale AENEID
Long sandwich SUB
Sings jazz without lyrics SCATS
Wished, as a farewell (… last 2 letters of this answer + the first 4 of 31-Across) BADE
Gave the willies CREEPEDOUT
Old Italian currency LIRA
In style CHIC
Pen brand BIC
Like a spoken exam ORAL
Drinks from a fountain? SODAS
Lavish love (on) DOTE
Nail polish maker OPI
Laura of “Jurassic World Dominion” DERN
Groovy COOL
Opera pioneer Claudio (… last 5 letters of this answer + the first 2 of 50-Across) MONTEVERDI
Corner key on a PC CTRL
“Baloney!” PSHAW
Albeit, briefly THO
Written compositions ESSAYS
“Gotcha,” to a beatnik IMHIP
With 65-Across, some boxing results … and a theme hint SPLIT
See 62-Across DECISIONS
Name that anagrams to “Ellis” LIESL
Hardly at all ATAD
Camp beds COTS
Busybody YENTA
Ferret’s relative MINK
Short commercial SPOT
Down
Cricket batters’ protective gear PADS
Tempt LURE
“Voyage to India” singer India.___ ARIE
Elite fighter NAVYSEAL
Colonial insect ANT
Where Qatar Airways is based DOHA
Have the nerve DARE
Steer clear of SHUN
Join, as film SPLICE
Moneymaker for Google PAIDAD
Roadside lodging INN
Oil-drilling apparatus RIG
“Green” prefix ECO
___ de toilette EAU
Telepathy, e.g. ESP
Confidentially loops in BCCS
In addition TOBOOT
Courting sort SUITOR
What aptly bookends “blossom” BLOOM
Heat without oil at a movie theater, say AIRPOP
Saps of energy DRAINS
___ Island (smallest state) RHODE
Downy duck EIDER
Greeting from Hallmark.com ECARD
Immune system component TCELL
Bad mood SNIT
“Wonder Woman” publisher DCCOMICS
Believer in a creator THEIST
Latino Walk of Fame’s SoCal neighborhood EASTLA
Some are Beetles VWS
That guy’s HIS
Namesake of an inedible apple? ADAM
Himalayan legend YETI
All-in-one printer option SCAN
Basketball target HOOP
Enthusiastic about INTO
(Yo, listen up!) PSST
Foxlike SLY
Circular type of chart PIE
Novelist Deighton LEN
Texter’s “No idea” IDK
