Sightseeing

An oft-viewed sight is on display in this puzzle's shaded central word square, in which the five-letter Acrosses are the same as the five-letter Downs. Four clue answers gain partial entry into the shaded square, supplying a few of its letters; otherwise, the border of the inner square is not crossed. Four unclued entries provide clues for words in the square; each appears directly before, after, above, or below its matching word. The central word in the square identifies the sight to be viewed; its locale, though perhaps obvious, is suggested by four more unclued entries. When two answers share a row or column, their clues are given in proper order; when an answer shares a row or column with an unclued entry, either may come first. Five clue answers are capitalized.

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a. King embracing King in patch together

Space between seats for the French wedding party

b. Dandy place twice audited

Struck down old soldier with abridged dictionary?

c. Furious at all, including Greek

d. World capital is behind average

Hit around front of lip, fought

e. Right on a lavatory door sign

f. Horseshoe involved in a test for screen cowboy

g. Mother and boyfriend listened to Latin dance music

h. Applications going through house sitter

i. Element corrupted in soil containing carbon

Feel disappointed about missing the first bird

j. Pink piece of ribbon found in glowing chunk

k. Goggled, distinguished editor

Case for keeping needles in perpetuity

l. Fight put Washington in risk (two words)

Stitched hems in pair of trousers and spread

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m. Leave behind 151 computer graphics (two words)

n. A Soviet fighter playing with Spanish girlfriends

Interest that hurts a state

o. Obscure writing on a book jacket, for the most part

Paint moniker inside train on a raised track

p. Pester about wrong means of integration

Preclude shifting above it

q. South involved in the Mexican defeat

r. Broadcast, i.e., a TV show

Love Boat brought back some pods

s. Laboratory burner and part of a pot returned

Demands massages for the audience

t. Release newsweekly tending to the left

u. Let MD specialist into landslide (two words)

Rub gel all over musician

v. Coloring illuminated Greek letters

Attended proper service

w. Cruel brute is so backward

Leer at bum in Irish town

x. Withhold a blue dye

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