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Obfuscated

The same type of "wordplay" manipulations are applicable to half of the words to be entered; these are not indicated, except by omission.  The setter hopes that solvers will excuse some of the tortured primary definitions and surface necessitated by the strictures imposed.  Primary definitions are placed normally.
Across
Swaps cash to gain jolt (“fix”, viz “qat”); Mack’s good and high (5)
Bond & Bond: bop yo-yo who ok’d zoo job (cony, fox food), PDQ! Voom! (9)
Kybd whiz Luigi fixing quirks, jumping G4 – G5 (6)
Fancy quaff? Mug? Jaw w/ boozy doc (aka “vax guy”)? (8)
Tracy, Jax pack quartz vug, dump furcula (8)
Mercury, Neptune never quite mix it up (battle) with faux khan—jeez (4)
Bulky game fauna (emu gp? Aye)—zap queenly example; “déjà vu”, we yell (7)
Hit with rod to render quiet (not!), fixed, ringing “ride” tone for jive, funk, or Zep tune (7)
Ivy’s deluxe bejeweled zither tuning key squeezes fretted instrument’s strings (4)
Type of wild onion gotten on QT ’twixt 0° - 180° E, N of 0°; jolly good zing—hot, even (8)
Hey: queer wee fuzzy, yukky bug vexes Mr. Judy; bed’s sex-free (8)
Taxing tour of Mayan ruin: wanting for food, drank java, Zima, and aquavit—bad notion (6)
Boggy pool of wet ooze poor to move jeep, ox from, eh? (9)
Cocky girl’s (Q. Cox’s) mom will hire zero-smog vehicle from Ryder, go for brief drive, possibly (5)
Down
Most powerful paronomasia this writer’s stashed in trunk (9)
Ostentatiously self-referential, giving backing to rumored conceit (8)
Uncompounded word allowing only unidirectional communication (7)
Band’s breaking up every twenty-four hours, cutting single with bravery (8)
Used specific words of questioner, unlike others transcribing ecumenical documents from sources (6)
Unnatural low dam deserted (5)
Not positive digit’s wrapped in gauze roll (4)
Deceive creature using liquor set alight (9)
Picking up bit of chilled soft savory pie, knight ignored behavior characterized as puerile (8)
Origin’s celebration flyer encloses clipped article—beginning of comment not visible (8)
Flee Bills’ roofless apartment, wanting closure (7)
Larks coming out of main staircase regularly (6)
“Taste of Colorado” to demand whiskey barrel (4)
Scrapbook taken from friend’s bare loafer (5)