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Crossword No.706: We’re Here for the Weather

- by Matt Gaffney

ACROSS

1 Maker of the soccer balls used in the World Cup 7 Shoelace hassle 11 Treasure hunter’s tool 14 “Gracias” response 15 Hairstyle with a pick, sometimes 16 Where Will Shortz went to law school 17 HEAT: Tourists have flocked to this California area in recent weeks as it threatens to break its own world record of 134 degrees Fahrenheit 19 Prefix with identify 20 Parisienne’s address 21 Sloan or Kellogg degs. 22 Home for F-16s (abbr.) 24 FOG: Bridge many visit in summer to maximize their chances of seeing it enveloped in ocean mist 28 Forgivenes­s ends them 31 They’re no friends of yours 32 Hard-to-fail class 33 Smear, as paint 34 TIDES: Often swelled by rain, this Canadian body of water’s tides attract tourists by rising up to 50 feet in six hours 40 Turquoise or aqua 41 Occupy, as a beach blanket 43 Trailblaze­r

47 “Things always seem to work out for me” 49 WIND: Commonweal­th Bay, located here, is the windiest place in the world; tours start at around $18,000 51 Pops 52 Damon or LeBlanc 53 Pair of trios, combined 56 Org. with cleanup sites 57 SNOW: This Utah resort got 903 inches of snow in the 2022–23 season, more than any other in the country 62 Order’s partner 63 Himalayan holy man 64 Come off its spool, like an old film 65 Santa ___ winds 66 Long, lavishly produced movie 67 Groups of experts

DOWN

1 Tack on 2 Billy ___ Williams 3 Sneaky way to wait 4 Info 5 Hyperactiv­ity, for short 6 Brutal 7 Superman, at birth 8 Org. with Lions and Bears (but no Tigers) 9 Refinery rock 10 Tiny doggy 11 Sachin Tendulkar’s birth city 12 Take a glider up, say 13 Uses the leftmost lane properly

18 Old Testament prophet 21 ___ Grand (Vegas hotel/casino) 22 From about 11 to 26 years, for a Gen Z–er 23 Word before brother or house 25 Like many who sign 26 Plenty, when texting 27 Astronomy term that’s Latin for “mist” 29 Turn green, maybe 30 Talkative type 33 Anonymous Jane 35 Writer Waugh 36 Portable house 37 Diarist Anaïs ___ 38 Print, as opposed to online 39 Bikram or vinyasa 42 Beatty or Flanders 43 CNN Washington correspond­ent Brown 44 How foods are sautéed 45 Home to the NHL’s Senators 46 D.C. ballplayer 47 Tries to keep from swelling 48 Cover your mouth, in a way 50 Israeli president Herzog 54 ___ Kotek (Oregon’s new governor) 55 Come by honestly 57 Drink in a bar 58 Trip around the track 59 “I wish you hadn’t told me that,” briefly 60 Slippery type 61 Pacino and Roker, for two

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