Puzzle

ACROSS

  1 It may be picked

  4 O'Hare code

  7 Aqua Lung gear

 12 "I'll handle that!"

 14 Aptly shaped letter in "valley"

 15 Add spice to

 16 *Ethical care for animals (see letters 3 to 7)

 19 Magnetite, e.g.

 20 Hotel room fixtures

 21 Bread that may contain caraway seeds

 22 Number across from four, on a clock

 23 Indian lentil dish

 24 One of 24

 26 *Energy from fission (6 to 8)

 31 Test score, for instance

 34 More than none

 35 It's a long story

 36 Unconventional

 37 Maui-to-Hawaii dir.

 38 Sharp-tasting

 39 "___ bien!"

 40 Trash bag sealer

 41 Nice touch?

 42 *Contest held the day before the MLB All-Star Game (1 to 5)

 45 Polio vaccine developer

 46 "That includes ___!"

 47 Seal's blubber

 50 Clear the tables

 53 Pizza order

 54 Blow up, as a photo

 56 Class where you may discover a painter, or a hint to the starred answers' indicated letters

 59 Sriracha and hollandaise

 60 Pool stick

 61 The "M" of YMCA

 62 Respected one

 63 Photo ___ (media events)

 64 Blond's secret, maybe

DOWN

  1 Like seven Nolan Ryan games

  2 Accustom

  3 Pumbaa's friend in "The Lion King"

  4 Ham it up

  5 Share again, like a story

  6 German article

  7 Establishes

  8 Engine part

  9 Computer person?

 10 Extremely thin

 11 Chip in chips

 13 Amy who wrote "The Joy Luck Club"

 15 Appetizing

 17 Small bump

 18 Natural gas component

 25 Set of prayers with beads

 26 Hospital heroes

 27 Made less stressful

 28 Decline

 29 Breakfast staples

 30 Some are ultraviolet

 31 Kind of IRA

 32 French bread?

 33 Cherry throwaway

 37 Partner of hook and line

 38 ___ rasa

 40 Flowers in the Netherlands

 41 Chums

 43 Nicki Minaj or Cardi B

 44 Binoculars accessory

 47 Worn out mentally

 48 Torment

 49 Past, for the verb "passed"

 50 An Angel may steal one

 51 Eurasia's ___ Mountains

 52 Poker variety

 55 You can bank on it

 57 Card featuring an A

 58 Author Umberto

 

Solution

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