Across

3. Common MA vacation destination, casually 

(4 letters)

6. Day off right after the start of school (5 letters)

9. New Olympic sport, pioneered by Tony Hawk (13 letters)

10. 2024 NBA champs (7 letters)

12. Marvel movie released July 26, first half of title (8 letters)

13. Record-breaking U.S. Olympic women’s swimmer, first name (5 letters)

14. June 14th is not just the last day of school, but also this holiday (7 letters) 

18. Winning party in British election (6 letters)

19. Copa 2024 winner (9 letters)

20. Dirty river made clean in Paris (5 letters)

21. New Natick superintendent (5 letters)

23. Olympic swimming discipline (6 letters)

Down

1. Province in Canada famous for beaches and golf courses, abv. (3 letters)

2. Maine’s specialty (7 letters)

4. European break month (6 letters) 

5. New sport in Natick Mall (10 letters)

7. spring-summer flower seen commonly across Cape Cod (9 letters) 

8. pond in Natick (3 letters)

10. chirping pests—also a sport (7 letters) 

11. Euro 2024 winner (5 letters)

14. the U.S. won this many golds (5 letters)

15. 2024 Olympics host city (5 letters)

16. Oldest hot dog shop in Natick (7 characters; don’t forget the apostrophe)

17. July 4th cooking utensil (5 letters)

22. You don’t want to hear this word while swimming (5 letters)