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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 (tartstealing 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 Gin flavoring “Survivor” host Jeff Spanish grandmother Something to reflect on? Possibly glitchy software release To a greater degree 10 11 12

13 18 22 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