ACROSS

1 Absence
5 Jane Austen title heroine
9 World capital with the Gangnam District
14 Woodwind often made from grenadilla wood
15 International flight freebie
16 ___ donna (literally "first woman" in Italian)
17 French village with a creamy cheese named after it
19 Predominant religion in Tunisia
20 Slot for a thumb drive
21 "Up in the Air" star Kendrick
23 "Homeland" airer, for short
24 Manhattan sch. with campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai
25 Gotham City vigilante
29 Band around the Earth with many beachy getaways
32 "Get off the stage!"
33 Minor complaint
34 Set aflame
35 Destination near Kennedy Space Center
40 Time spent waiting in a customs line, so it can seem
41 52, in ancient Rome
42 Neither here ___ there
43 Expanse known for its Joshua trees
48 Perfect world
49 "In the style of," on a French menu
50 Possess
53 "___ it beautiful?"
55 Country home to the Ngwo Pine forest
57 Not fulfilled, as expectations
60 Little-known vacation spot... or what the circled letters contain?

62 Hajj destination
63 Olympics blade
64 Oldest university in Connecticut
65 Sits for a photo
66 Home of Olympus Mons, a mountain about 2.5 times taller than Everest
67 "No ifs, ___, or buts!"

DOWN

1 Center of activity
2 Embarrass
3 Sandwich, side, and a fountain drink, e.g.
4 "___ me in the loop"
5 Developmental stage after zygote
6 Get together in person
7 Tarnish
8 Utah ski resort
9 "This Is ___ Tap" (1984 Mockumentary)
10 Like a "Rolex" at a flea market, most likely
11 Kazakhstan's biggest export
12 Actress Thurman of "Pulp Fiction"
13 On the ___ (fleeing the country, say)
18 Marilyn, who sang for troops on a 1954 USO tour in Korea
22 Cable channel that airs Lakers games
26 Wisdom tooth, for example
27 Bollywood star Kapoor, who played the game show host in "Slumdog Millionaire"
28 Piece of pickleball equipment
29 Everest trekker's goal
30 Concave navel
31 U.K. : MI6 :: U.S. : ___
32 Country music strings
35 Crotchety codger
36 Dust, sweep, and mop, say
37 Doctors Without Borders offering
38 Infuriate
39 Spoil
40 Australian Outback bird
44 Per unit
45 Postcard-worthy scenes
46 Wood-smoothing tool
47 Drops some letters, as in "Top o' the mornin'," for example
50 Featured instrument in Notre-Dame de Paris
51 Brandish, as a weapon
52 Visitor log entries
54 Those folks
56 Mononymous singer from County Donegal, Ireland
57 One making calls from home?
58 Keanu's role in "The Matrix"
59 Roasts' hosts
61 Beer that, despite its name, did not originate in South Asia