puzzle

ACROSS

  1 She is a beautiful ___ 

  5 Kind of golf or drive

  9 Ostriches' kin

 13 People for whom a Great Lake was named

 14 Words spreader

 15 Trajectory

 16 *Place for churchgoers

 18 Put ___ practice

 19 Capital of the Bahamas

 20 In the past

 22 Drops on a lawn

 23 Poetic homage

 24 *Item traded among young collectors

 28 "The Lion King" 

 30 Not quite curly or straight

 31 Nintendo antihero with a zigzag mustache

 32 In that place

 34 Giving in

 35 *Performing random acts of kindness, in modern parlance

 38 Win-win

 39 Bamboo-loving bear

 40 Dole out

 41 What may be used in a pinch?

 42 Timed contest

 46 *Kind of "pie" with a custard middle

 49 Itinerary word

 50 German luxury car

 51 Word between "here" and 32-Across

 52 They cast ballots

 54 "Su-u-ure you do!"

 56 2009 hit with the lyric "I want your love," or a hint to the word scrambled in each starred clue's answer

 59 River in the Egyptian 

 60 Fencing swords

 61 "Star Trek" lieutenant trained in fencing

 62 Posh party

 63 Libraries do it

 64 A memoir


DOWN

  1 Look to for support

  2 Wet fleet?

  3 Semi fuel

  4 Longings

  5 German article

  6 Holiday ___ (hotel chain)

  7 Like saunas

  8 Ship's goods

  9 ___Pen

 10 Small, orange citrus fruit

 11 Saying aloud

 12 Well-groomed competitor?

 14 Words from someone seeking compensation

 17 Bottle top

 21 "We must keep going!"

 25 Corn syrup brand

 26 What an able golfer might shoot

 27 Ritzy cracker topping

 29 Fundamentally

 33 Name that anagrams to "honest"

 34 Peso fractions

 35 Near Ecuador

 36 "No need to worry"

 37 Fierce wind

 38 Snapping up, as the last hors d'oeuvre

 41 What a Band-Aid may cover

 43 Thoroughfare

 44 O shape

 45 Make less challenging

 47 Prize won by astrophysicist in 2020

 48 Delivery room VIP

 53 Something to do

 55 Gossip to "spill"

 57 A hangout

 58 ___ + yellow = orange

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