1. The star of Purim, and your favorite magazine

9. Abbr. for a frog or newt

13. DDE's predecessor

16. This Amish dish is definitely not kosher

17. Dwarves-singing syllables

18. Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James

19. Purim gifts of food and drink

21. Israeli chief of staff whose first name is that of Purim's hero

22. Go up

23. Shema word

24. QVC rival

25. Rat tail?

28. Scrolls

31. Bad-mouth

34. Calendar abbr.

35. "Not ___ bet!"

36. It tells the Purim story

39. Eden, e.g.

40. Cul-de-___

41. Super video game character

42. Albee's "___ and Yam"

43. Gifts given to the poor on Purim

49. ___ Alamos

50. Towels off

51. It gives a hechsher to jewelry: abbr.

53. Wife of Shamash

54. Treats named after the Purim bad guy

58. Army cops

59. Escort's offering

60. In a big way

61. Yom Kippur, and the day before Purim

64. It precedes 10017

65. ___ Miss

66. Pizarro's quest

67. "___ but known..."

70. Stimpy's partner

71. Haman's position

78. Bout stopper, for short

79. "One of ___" (Willa Cather novel)

80. Fixes deeply and firmly

81. Opposite NNE

82. They're bigger than meds.

83. 54-across and others

1. Popular movie music trilogy starring the Jewish Zac Efron: abbr.

2. Handel's ''___ Galatea e Polifemo''

3. AMA members

4. "I see!"

5. ___ dlvy. (important package)

6. Season ticket holder, e.g.

7. Jai ___

8. Derisive laughs

9. "Bingo!"

10. Singer Kylie

11. More bogus

12. Herod's Palace in Eilat, for one

13. Phrase to describe Haman

14. Persian setting of Purim

15. Mountain lakes

20. Thirteenth Hebrew letter

25. What the residents of 14-down suffered after Haman's downfall

26. William Shatner's "___ War"

27. Scents

29. Addis Ababa's land: abbr.

30. Boston airport

31. Stomach muscles, briefly

32. "___ I!" ("Me too!")

33. Architect Saarinen

37. Pose

38. ___ lie (fibbed)

42. "Gorillas in the Mist" author Dian

44. L'chaim for one

45. West end?

46. Riboflavin: abbr.

47. Cravings

48. Alberto's honey

52. Whichever

53. Personifications of anti-Jewish evil, from Haman to Hitler

54. Toupee?

55. Bedroom furniture

56. Abbr. on a French envelope

57. Jail, slangily

61. Masada et al.

62. "Fiddler on the Roof" Oscar nominee

63. "Steady as ___ goes"

68. During

69. Wine partner

72. Ed.'s in-box filler

73. Apr. addressee

74. Ed.'s request

75. ___ Na Nog, a Celtic otherworld

76. Sinusitis-treating MD

77. Blog feed letters