Splitting at the Seams

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ACROSS

1	Taylor Swift song with a lyric that might hint at this puzzle’s mechanic

4	French military cap

8	Thickener for gumbo

12	State with a grid-based address system

14	Fish known to swim with a clavus

15	Fruit in some savory salads

16	Of no doubt

17	With coco-, dense Central American hardwood

18	Cubic meter, alternatively

20

Posterior

21	Acronym for a chaotic state

23	Use a wet rag, say

24	Key ingredient in shakshuka

26	Devoid of principles

28	Harmonized thoughts

31	Funnie man?

33	Forbid by law

34	Word with broken or heavy

35	Fermented cake of soybean and fungus

37	Water balloons or snowballs, for example

38	Annual English soccer competition

39	Synthetic fabric, for short

43	Unhealthy complexion

45	Places to exchange art

46	Member of Sauron’s army

49	A jumper on top of a coat?

50

Yes

51	Shows acknowledgement

53	Clumsy person

54	“By the way…”

55	This puzzle hunt’s theme

59	Model/actress Delevingne

63	Some pork cuts

65	Rihanna album

66	Obi Wan actor

67	Egyptian motif

68	Home for some fictional aliens

69	Shape of many dog accessories

70	Prescribed amount

71	Particular cadence

72

Firm up

DOWN

1	Make haste

2	Seamstress’ case

3	Stitch holes closed, and what you must do to this grid to reveal ten more words

4	Saturated (with)

5	Onomatopoeia for disappearance

6	Singer Fitzgerald

7	Unstable subatomic particle

8	Part of WANEGBT

9	Lower internal temperature, for meat

10

Persevere

11	The best points

13	Planted boundary

19	Art conservator’s grime removal tool

22	Period of underperformance

25

Obtain

27	Ice or Iron, for example

28	The moment when you realize there are [REDACTED] answers, since all [REDACTED] answers [REDACTED]

29	Peridot, for example

30	Collide with, head-on

31

Buzzless

32	Composer’s piece

35	Follower of famous alumni?

36	Crucial choice for a page design

38	Provide details, with out

40

Youngster

41

Possess

42	Pressure unit

44	Nut alternative, for plant-based milks

45	Adriatic, for one

46	Customary language-learning exam

47	Stock up again

48	Spot for slots

50	Stand in a corner, say

52	Chemically straightened hairstyles

56	Sunrise side

57	Japanese lacquered case

58	Swiftie, Barb or Selenator, for example

60	Musical that takes place in Lower Manhattan

61	Medicinal plant with thick leaves

62	Some wines, for short

64	“___/her pronouns”

Biome

Creature

Device

Growth

Heater

Joke

Religion

Sound

Tooth

Unit