Crossword No. 724:
Where To?
ACROSS
1 Followed the command after “On your marks” 7 Useful download 10 Gallon’s 16 14 Internet provider 15 Pharmacist Lilly 16 District 17 Lonely Planet’s new Best in Travel 2024 offers suggestions in five categories, including this pick, in COUNTRIES, where “the cultural hubs of Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva still evoke the era of the Silk Road” 19 Smooch 20 Microwave’s sound 21 “___ port in a storm” 22 Word in many Florida city names 23 CITIES: In talk of this, America’s first World Heritage City, “what can get lost is [its] kinetic energy—and tectonically shifting cultural core” 27 They may end with “or else” 30 “___ bien” (Spanish for “OK”) 31 Red suit 32 Butter serving 33 Drama in its 21st season 37 The Diamondbacks, on scoreboards 38 SUSTAINABLE: “Home to sprawling rainforests, wild rivers, 20 active volcanoes, and an estimated 6 percent of all species on Earth” 41 Shakespeare title word 42 Another name for 49-Across 44 Photo ___ 45 Willie or Ricky 47 Chris Hemsworth title role 49 New Orleans, with “The” 50 In this selection for REGIONS, “fishermen in wooden ngalawa paddle in the shadow of highspeed ferries” 54 Cough drop brand 55 Took a load off 56 Lacking backup singers 60 Lotion component, often 61 People who choose this VALUE travel option “are waking up to the charm of waking up as you arrive in a new destination” 64 Monopoly expense 65 Suffix with serpent 66 “Not my fault, right?” 67 “OK, got it” 68 Top law enforcement officials, for short 69 Isn’t renewed, as a subscription
DOWN
1 Food, casually 2 Positively radiate, as charm 3 Toothpaste holder 4 Black fraternity member, often 5 “I have just seen a mouse” 6 Half of hexa7 Company named after a volcano 8 Pretend like a possum 9 Wrestling win 10 Mold in a bakery 11 ___ Heep (Dickens character) 12 Joe in Home Alone 13 One of Barack Obama Sr.’s granddaughters 18 Pizzeria in Do the Right Thing 22 Entrée with a toothpick 24 Be unable to stand 25 “Don’t lose any sleep over this” 26 One of the Baltic states 27 Compared with 28 Protagonist, often 29 Training equipment? 32 Faux ___ (social mistake) 34 Honduran’s home 35 Wedding-day exchange 36 They made the Discman 39 Revolution 40 Government agency rules, for short 43 Shot-putter, e.g. 46 Goes full force 48 Casual greetings 49 Not just one or the other 50 Actress Belafonte 51 Welcome to Wrexham setting 52 By oneself 53 Zoo features 57 Granola component 58 Green Jell-O flavor 59 Tipping bills 61 The Marvels director DaCosta 62 “___ we meet again!” 63 Airport force