“Home Repairs”— visiting some unusual places.

ACROSS

1 Submarine acronym

6 Batting game for little kids 11 Cousin in 2021’s “The Addams Family 2”

14 “Fingers crossed” 15 Vietnamese capital 16 Pasture grazer

17 Replaces, as with a charged battery

19 Local response to “Want some Irn-Bru?”, perhaps 20 Android alternative for smartphones

21 Doctor who’s a playable character in “Overwatch” 22 Choir member

24 “Let’s get together sometime” 29 “That’s the one”

30 Was on the radio

31 Actress Menzel of “Wicked” 34 Not well

36 Singer Rita

39 More than enough at the buffet

43 Come-___ (enticements) 44 Princess in L. Frank Baum books

45 Bug persistently

46 Like TV’s “Batman” 49 Buffoon

50 They may involve blue material 56 Not fully upright

57 Org. for Pelicans and Hawks 58 Losing tic-tac-toe line 60 Seafood restaurant freebie 61 Major book publishing company (or what the circled squares contain)

66 Easy “Card Sharks” card to play from

67 “The Beverly Hillbillies” star

Buddy

68 Poe’s middle name

69 “Totally tubular”

70 Causing jumpiness, maybe 71 Ibsen heroine Gabler DOWN

1 Emphatic exclamation, in

Ecuador

2 “Incredible!”

3 Static, e.g.

4 Fitting

5 “Parks and ___”

6 What’s exited in Brexit, for short 7 Herb used in Thai cuisine

8 “Can I take that as ___?”

9 Grant played by the late Ed Asner 10 Roadside rubbish

11 Plaint that may prompt words of encouragement

12 “Happy Birthday ___” 13 Annoying sibling, maybe 18 Some insurance groups, for short 23 Letters on a wide wedge, maybe

25 “Auld Lang ___”

26 Pick up aurally

27 Country cottage, in Russia 28 M as in NATO?

31 “Where did ___ wrong?” 32 Home refuge

33 Put a message on, as jewelry 34 Hostess snack cake 35 Philosophy suffix 37 “Messenger” material 38 Competition hosted by Terry Crews, for short

40 Faux pas comment 41 Grateful Dead bass guitarist Phil

42 El ___, TX

47 Word before hours or fours 48 Units to measure London’s Shard, e.g.

49 “___ I!” (“Same here!”)

50 Title elephant of children’s lit 51 City on the Mohawk River 52 Preposition with mistletoe? 53 John H. Johnson’s magazine 54 “What ___ it take?”

55 “A pity”

59 TV’s “Warrior Princess” 62 “Supermarket Sweep” network

63 Codebreaking org.

64 “Likely story!”

65 Stadium chant for Marta, e.g.