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ACROSS

1 Org. exploring

Mars

5 Paul who sang “Diana” and “Lonely Boy”

9 “Tsk!”

14 Highest point

15 One of 10 on a

ten-speed

16 Hulk in a wrestling

ring

17 Olympic event for which the world record stands at a little over 20 feet

19 Obvious

20 Tanning lotion

spec

21 Broadcast

22 One of Haiti’s two official languages, along with French

23 Magic duo with a 20+ year act in Las Vegas

27 Explorer Ericson

29 San _ _ _ Obispo,

Calif.

30 Prefix with

function

31 ___ the Hun

34 Tex-Mex items associated with Tuesdays

37 “Spring forward” and “fall back” plan

42 Writer ___ Allan

Poe

43 Like some food for

dieters 44 Areas for hosp.

surgeons

47 Mexican poet Juana ___ de la Cruz

49 Any member of

NATO to any other

50 Added cost of

buying soda

55 Keeps watching …

and watching

56 “Rocks” in a drink

57 “I”-strain?

60 Completely fail

61 Guaranteed … or where you can find the ends of 17-, 23-, 37- and 50-Across

64 Basketball great

Curry

65 It’s a bad look

66 Relatives of

ostriches

67 Taste or touch

68 Ore locale

69 Canadian gas

brand

DOWN

1 Quick time outs?

2 Each … as in the

price of balloons?

3 “Woe is me”

feeling

4 Lumberjack’s tool

5 Once more

6 ___ network

7 ___ Kan (dog

food brand)

8 Paintings and

sculptures

9 Where the land

meets the sea

Edited by Will Shortz No. 0927 10 Rude dwelling 39 Two of them meet

11 Seemingly every year in the

timeless Super Bowl

12 Bob who 40 Gadot of “Wonder sang“One love, Woman” oneheart / Let’s 41 Pigs’ digs get together and 44 Dwell (on) feel all right” 45 What blades on

13 Goes in windmills do

18 Airport shuttle, 46 ___ Island (part

typically of New York City) 22 M.R.I. alternative 48 Treated

24 Modern tax option maliciously

25 Almond or pecan 51 Stumbles

26 “Buenos ___” 52 River of

27 Young fellow forgetfulness, in

28 I _ _ _ Pi (punny myth

fraternity name) 53 Earth tone

32 Jar topper 54 “Get what I’m

33 Longhorns : Texas saying?”

:: ___ : Texas 58 Wildebeests A&M 59 “Then here’s what

35 Egg: Prefix happened …”

36 Peninsula in the 61 Sick

Six-Day War 62 Prefix with natal 38 Round of applause 63 “Busy” insect