East Bay Times

The New York Times

No. 0321

- By Michael Lieberman Edited by Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Annual destinatio­n of about 2.5 million pilgrims

6 Array outside the United Nations headquarte­rs

11 Actress Grier of action films

14 Even a little bit

15 Place to clip a wireless mic

16 Softball stat

17 Injury that’s so embarrassi­ng no one is allowed to mention it?

19 Taylor Swift’s “___ Song”

20 Not just yet

21 One of clubs?

23 It’s no walk in the park

25 Conical dwelling

28 Home to the Munch Museum

29 Tampa Bay footballer, familiarly

30 Result of forgetting to pack a toothbrush for a Doha vacation?

32 Big bungle

34 Avoid a collision at the last second, say

35 “End of story!”

37 Soldier’s

affirmativ­e

41 Artery openers

45 Childbirth assistant

46 Cuban dance performed at a Russian villa?

50 Toilet paper layer

51 Plant in some juices and lotions

52 Pittsburgh-based giant in the metals industry

53 Scene of chaos

54 Made the grade

56 Earthy pigment

58 Penultimat­e Greek letter

59 Indistinct muttering from a ring-tailed primate?

64 Heart test readout,

for short

65 ___ of Hearts (tart-stealing Wonderland character)

66 Fruit whose name precedes “fruit” in the name of another fruit

67 Competed in a marathon

68 Lieu

69 Matches up

DOWN

1 Step on it!

2 Announceme­nt from a flight attendant, for short

3 Iconic San

Francisco transport

4 Wear for Dracula

5 Not just some

6 Broccoli tops

7 Southeast Asian

language

8 Police dept. alert

9 What the acorn said when it grew up, in a classic math joke

10 Gin flavoring

11 “Survivor” host Jeff

12 Spanish grandmothe­r

13 Something to reflect on?

18 Possibly glitchy software release

22 To a greater degree

23 Largest in a set of kitchen measurers: Abbr.

24 Ancient alphabet

character

26 Nickelodeo­n’s “_ _ _ Patrol”

27 Palindromi­c poetic prepositio­n

30 Fixed share of work

31 100% vegan cosmetics brand

33 Casts a wide net, maybe

36 Appealing to selfindulg­ent impulses

38 Figure on the cover of Action Comics #1

39 Societal woes

40 Emanations from

the sun

42 Org. that uses

Zambonis

43 “Tic ___ Dough” (bygone game show)

44 Searched

exhaustive­ly

46 Snazzily dressed

47 U.S. state with nearly 34,000 miles of shoreline

48 Give support in efforts to acquire a loan, say

49 Soccer legend Mia

53 ___ Christmas

55 Antlered animals

57 Creepy-crawlies

60 Astronaut Jemison

61 Sch. in

Charlottes­ville

62 Bars to be scanned, in brief

63 Hi-_ _ _ photo

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