THEME: YEAR-IN-REVIEW

ACROSS

1. Pin location

6. BBQ sauce alternative

9. *Volodymyr Zelensky’s capital

13. 0103 food poison

14. Between sea and shining sea, abbr.

15. Native of American Great Plains

16. Famous fabulist

17. Band performance

18. Prefix with national and pol

19. *The Mueller ____

21. *European country declared to be no longer free

23. Ostrich-like bird

24. Fix a horse

25. Old Spice: “Smell Like a Man, ____”

28. Diva’s delivery

30. Opposite of underdog

35. Seed covering

37. Share a boundary

39. Miller’s product

40. Leave behind

41. *Flute playing rapper

43. Pot contribution

44. Make corrections

46. Days in Havana

47. Nomad’s round house

48. Caesar derivative

50. “Fifteen Miles on the ____ Canal”

52. Mad Hatter’s drink

53. Hofbr‰uhaus offering

55. Bard’s before

57. *He got life plus 30

61. *Eurosceptics vs. proEuropeanists point of debate

64. Sweeney Todd’s weapon

65. Seek damages

67. *Archie was one before he was born

69. *Bran, Lord of the Six Kingdoms, e.g.

70. “____ Now or Never”

71. *What Jeffrey Epstein had in store

72. Seaside bird

73. Volleyball divider

74. Set in motion

DOWN

1. Grazing ground

2. Maple tree or laptop brand

3. Downward dog, e.g.

4. Skip the big wedding

5. Benign fatty tumor

6. Pipe problem

7. *Europe voted to ban single-____ plastics

8. Take a tubby

9. *Best Actress in Supporting Role Oscar-winner

10. Tiny bit

11. Pitcher

12. Subject to change

15. To some extent, two words

20. Not urban

22. Final, abbr.

24. More gossamer

25. *Actor in Leading Role Oscar-winner

26. Wafting pleasantness

27. One born to Japanese immigrants

29. Footnote acronym

31. Performance with acts

32. Holey confection

33. Grossly unconventional

34. *Swedish environmentalist

36. Eye contact

38. Nicholas II was the last one

42. Willow twig

45. Go ashore

49. Tombstone acronym

51. Builds

54. Fluorescent red dye

56. Make an effort

57. Formerly, formerly

58. Better than never

59. #38 Down, alt. sp.

60. Some blow their own

61. *”Green Book,” winner of ____ Picture

62. Hip bones

63. Salty drop

66. Shoshonean

68. Summer sandwich?