A cheery Monday crossword, thanks to a theme that celebrates the best of us. Most of the clues were familiar / on the easier side, as befitting a Monday, but 51D, Coffeecake with cross-sectional swirls, BABKA, and 17A, Miles Davis classic that's the all-time best-selling jazz album, KINDOFBLUE, might be the exceptions (YMMV, of course). 

A logistical note: we will be not be publishing a podcast tomorrow, in honor of Independence Day,  but we will return --with some  sparkling and colorful conversation -- the day after.

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