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Travel Packs by Parker Higgins, edited by Amanda Rafkin ACROSS

1 “The ___ is your oyster”

6 Arose

12 Clip artist?

13 Comedian Nancherla

14 *Cultural ethos represented by the word “aloha”

16 Fancy party

17 Lugged

18 Frying liquid

19 “How’s it goin’?”

22 In the manner of

23 STEM branch: Abbr.

26 *Like Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, nationality-wise

30 “Don’t worry about it”

31 Sound from a pig

32 Lady who has won 13 Grammys

34 Overwhelm

37 Extinct bird

38 Short concession speech

40 Odd duck

42 *Geographic region for the Aleutian Islands

47 Rocking horse rider

48 Go green, maybe?

49 That, in Spanish

50 Round object

51 iComfort mattress maker

53 Rent-a-car company

54 Travel company headquartered in Chicago, and an apt description of the starred clues’ answers

60 Positioned in the middle

61 Spanish term of endearment

62 “I deserve some pity!”

63 Watch covertly

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1 East Coast convenience store chain

2 “Hot Right Now” singer Rita

3 Slugger’s stat

4 Floral garland

5 “Aw, shucks”

6 Building with a moat

7 Seems

8 Netflix miniseries about a young mother who finds work cleaning houses

9 Screw up

10 College, to Brits

11 Touch gently

12 Going big

14 Stuff that’s brushed

15 Linguist Chomsky

16 Hunk of goo

19 Sloth, e.g.

20 Employs

21 “What a relief!”

23 Makes room, in a way

24 Check an ID

25 Digging

27 You often raise your glass for one

28 “Drop Dead Gorgeous” actress Amy

29 2023 Cricket World Cup host

32 Basic point

33 ___ gobi (potato and cauliflower dish)

35 Teeny arachnid

36 Informative TV ads

39 Middle-of-the-night hour

41 Popular period tracking app

43 Digital game inspired by

Mastermind

44 “At Last” singer James

45 Jenner of “KUWTK”

46 Six-pack makeup

51 Commotion

52 Goals

53 Unidentified author, for short

54 Worker who calls strikes?

55 Opposite of paleo56 Words that might precede a legal name change

57 “Let ’er ___!”

58 Produce, like an egg

59 “If you ask me ...”

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