| Like the Tower of Babel, in two ways |
STORIED |
| Line on a spine |
TITLE |
| Long time |
ERA |
| Long time |
EON |
| Lot calculation |
AREA |
| Marsupial with distinctive cube-shaped droppings |
WOMBAT |
| Mid-19th-century Russian ruler described as "autocracy personified" |
TSARNICHOLASI |
| Midsection |
TORSO |
| Most despicable |
BASEST |
| Mull, with "on" |
CHEW |
| Munch Museum locale |
OSLO |
| Muscle ___, Ala |
SHOALS |
| Oktoberfest quaff |
LAGER |
| Percussion instrument that's also the name of a popular ringtone |
MARIMBA |
| Pointillism features |
DOTS |
| Population beyond the homeland |
DIASPORA |
| Reactions to adorableness |
AWS |
| Record label for D'Angelo or Doja Cat |
RCA |
| Record speed, for short |
RPM |
| Rioja, for one |
WINE |
| Sample collector |
SWAB |
| See 68-Across |
WRAP |
| Send to oblivion |
DOOM |
| Sign of inactivity |
RUST |
| Soprano who ends up trapped in a vault |
AIDA |
| Speaks brusquely |
GROWLS |
| Spongy balls |
NERFS |
| Tons and tons |
SLEWS |
| Untrustworthy sort |
SNEAK |
| What chess has that bridge doesn't |
BOARD |
| What intellectual rivals engage in |
ABATTLEOFWITS |
| What many a U.S. state is named after |
TRIBE |
| Will, given a chance |
MEANTO |
| With 66-Across, director's cry ... or hint to 20-, 37- and 58-Across |
ITSA |
| Word after rock, sea or table |
SALT |
| Work without ___ |
ANET |
| Yours, in Arles |
ATOI |
| ___ mail |
SNAIL |
