One for whom success is a long shot? Crossword Clue

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SUCCESS (noun)
1. a person with a record of successes
2. an attainment that is successful
WHOM (pronoun)
1. The objective case of who.

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9. Portfolio portion

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15. Berry from a palm

16. Kindle read

17. Coolidge or Wilson

18. Place to hole up

19. Like some holiday letters

20. One whose job is spent going around in circles?

23. Picard’s counselor

24. Broom room

31. BP acquisition of 1998

33. 119, in old Rome

34. Stat for an ace

35. Reasonable

36. Preacher curl target, casually

38. Marble marking

39. It may be crushed or broken

40. Hera’s Roman counterpart

41. Craftiness

42. Ones helpful in shifting positions?

46. 1957 Dale Hawkins hit

47. Day’s zenith

48. Microsoft Word feature, or what 20-, 28- and 42-Across may focus on

54. Immerse

57. Yuletide chortle

58. Spot for Christmas lights

59. Fan sound

60. Son of Seth, in Genesis

61. Large number

62. Leaves on the grill too long, say

63. Witch’s feature

64. Rake in

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Down

1. Player’s chance

2. Mongolia’s place

3. 1986 World Series champs

4. Drill e.g.

5. Fiery beast battled by Gandalf in “The Lord of the Rings”

6. National park in Maine

7. It may get a part

8. Source of phone answers

9. Three-nation economic union of Europe

10. Role in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

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26. Strangely spooky

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28. Idiotic mistakes

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44. Last leg

45. Ripa or Consuelos, e.g.

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