puzzle

 ACROSS

  1 Unlike a green tomato

  5 It can be crunched or massaged

  9 Hoppy beer, briefly

 12 Do as commanded

 13 ___ borealis (northern lights)

 15 Apple computer

 16 Solemn ceremonies that may require Froot Loops?

 18 Rocks, at the bar

 19 Fight roughly

 20 Not external

 22 Column beside a decimal point

 23 Alternative to a convertible

 25 Book introduction written by singer Mariah?

 30 Scares off

 31 Part of UCLA

 32 Part of UCLA?

 33 "Woe is me!"

 34 All the rage

 35 Ga. neighbor

 36 Confession subject

 37 Balloon filler

 38 Wheeled stretcher

 40 Where Mozart's mentor would've kept his jet, if flying had been around?

 44 It's a snap

 45 "Tosca" solo

 46 Monte ___

 48 Dig like a mole

 51 French for "yes"

 52 Decelerating wildebeests?

 57 "Yada, yada, yada": Abbr.

 58 "Delicious!"

 59 Connect

 60 Anonymous John

 61 Completely exhaust

 62 Trendsetting

DOWN

  1 Big bird in legends

  2 "A likely story"

  3 Andean land

  4 You hate to see them

  5 Coercion

  6 MSNBC host Melber

  7 "Sesame Street" watcher

  8 "What ___ you waiting for?"

  9 "Don't blame me!"

 10 Runner's speed

 11 Big name in computers

 13 Side ways?

 14 Comment to the audience

 17 Late actor Ed

 21 Opposite of "yep"

 23 Chimney residue

 24 Triage sites, briefly

 25 Salsa singer Cruz

 26 No matter what the cost

 27 Plant life

 28 Zellweger of "Jerry Maguire"

 29 Refuse to accept

 30 100-meter race, e.g.

 34 Hawaii County's seat

 35 Strongest architectural shape

 37 Like a well-chosen name

 38 Coming or going?

 39 By means of

 41 FedEx rival

 42 Inexperienced gamers

 43 Mali or Somalia

 46 Like many dorms

 47 Coupe, for example

 49 Name hidden in "teen idol"

 50 Breather?

 53 Bar sometimes made of steel

 54 Back in time

 55 Ornamental fish in a pond

 56 It's blue on a clear day

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