ACROSS
1. KAMALA - Blue nominee
7. DONALD - Red nominee
13. IMAMESS - "Don't mind the piles of clothes"
15. ROONEY - "Normal People" author Sally
16. WOREAWIG - Disguised, as movie spies might
18. ORNATE - Intricate
19. IRON - Minecraft pickaxe capable of mining diamond
20. EREMITE - Christian hermit
22. END - Complete
23. LOAD - Unit of laundry
24. SPA - Relaxing place
27. SOTO - Former National Juan
30. ESCAPED - Got out
33. IOS - Apple platform
36. BMI - Wt. to ht. ratio
37. AHEAD - "Full steam ___!"
38. TRADEIN - Exchange
40. ASKANCE - With suspicion
42. ENVOY - Diplomat
43. IKE - 1950s president, familiarly
44. TED - Long-time senator Kennedy
45. MOVESON - Gets past a relationship
48. MIDI - Music file type
50. STY - Pig's home
51. OLAF - Snowman who sings "In Summer"
53. GAP - Empty space
56. GAZEBOS - Common park structures
59. ORES - Lode finds
61. ENRAGE - Incense
64. CREATORS - Content ___
66. ROAMED - Wandered
67. EDISON - Tesla's boss-turned-rival
68. ARMED - Ready for battle
69. USA - Country whose electoral map is depicted by the colored squares in this grid
72. STETS - Puts back in
DOWN
1. KIWI - New Zealander
2. AMORE - Italian love
3. MARON - Comedian Marc
4. AMENDS - Makes right
5. LEA - Meadow
6. ASWE - "Even ___ speak ..."
7. DROIDS - R2-D2 and C3P0, e.g.
8. OORT - Astronomy's ___ cloud
9. NONE - Nada
10. ANA - de Armas of "Knives Out"
11. LET - Allow
12. DYE - Color
14. SIRLOIN - Steak cut called "rump" in the UK
17. GEO - Prefix with thermal
21. MAE - Fannie ___ (loan company)
24. SPENT - Pooped
25. PEACE - Pacifist's dream
26. ADDED - Summed
28. OBEYS - Follows orders
29. TMI- "Didn't need to hear all that,” over text
31. CAKED - Encrusted
32. AHA - Lightbulb moment shout
33. ITEMS - Couples, in paparazzi speak
34. ORNOT - "... nevermind"
35. SAVVY - Shrewd
39. DOE - Female deer
40. AIMFOR - Target
41. SKI - Go downhill, perhaps
46. OOZED - Seeped
47. NLE - Choppa with an Emory University Homecoming concert
49. IGOTIT - Call before a catch
52. ABC - Trio rhymed with "1, 2, 3" in a The Jackson 5 hit
54. AROSE - Got up
55. PEROT - The last third party candidate to receive at least 10% of the vote
56. GAME - Chess or checkers
57. AGED - Grew older
58. SEE - Understand
60. SSNS - IRS IDs
61. ERA - Historical period
62. NOR - Neither partner
63. RAM - Aries animal
65. ADS - Targets of much campaign spending