| ACROSS |
| 1. | (biochemistry) Long linear polymer of nucleotides found in a cell |
| 4. | Plant excrement |
| 7. | Commotion |
| 11. | A really long time |
| 12. | A group of lions |
| 14. | River in Normandy, north-western France. |
| 15. | The property of being fit to eat |
| 18. | Floor protectors |
| 19. | Small island |
| 20. | Afternoon social gathering |
| 22. | Small bed |
| 23. | Possessed |
| 24. | Floor protector |
| 26. | Basketball assoc. |
| 28. | Wing |
| 31. | Research Institute of America (abbr.) |
| 32. | Rowing implement |
| 33. | Allow |
| 34. | A young pig |
| 37. | Transient Ischemic Attack (abbr.) |
| 38. | _ dish (used to culture cells) |
| 40. | Retirement account (abbr.) |
| 41. | A region of northeastern France famous for its wines |
| 44. | Electrically charged atom |
| 45. | Everything |
| 46. | Small drink |
| 47. | "Barney Miller" actor Jack |
| 48. | Italian singer-songwriter Filippo Neviani |
| 49. | Madame (abbr.) |
| 50. | Greek goddess of the dawn |
| 52. | Supplement with great effort |
| 54. | Dimethylformamide (abbr.) |
| 57. | The first octave above the treble staff |
| 58. | Queen of England 1702–14 |
| 60. | Austrian city, state capital of Burgenland |
| 66. | Stalk of a moss capsule |
| 67. | Originate |
| 68. | _ tizzy (2 wds.) |
| 69. | Trial |
| 70. | Mountains (abbr.) |
| 71. | Person who annoys others by constantly finding fault |
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| DOWN |
| 1. | To sift |
| 2. | Allow head to fall sleepily |
| 3. | Black tropical American cuckoo |
| 4. | Manchild |
| 5. | Deep reverence |
| 6. | Inconspicuous attention getter |
| 7. | Monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan |
| 8. | Followers of the Oxford movement |
| 9. | To the inside or interior of |
| 10. | What's left after other parts have been taken away |
| 12. | Put into a specified state |
| 13. | Compass dir. |
| 16. | Sound made by sheep |
| 17. | Flaplike covering |
| 21. | American Military Retirees Association (abbr.) |
| 23. | Torments |
| 25. | Wind |
| 26. | Brief written record |
| 27. | Money forfeited if the accused fails to appear for trial |
| 28. | High mountains |
| 29. | Area sheltered from the wind |
| 30. | A Phrygian man, the consort of Cybele, whom the goddess out of sexual jealousy drove mad, whereupon he castrated himself and died |
| 34. | A pale, very dry sherry |
| 35. | The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight |
| 36. | A group of snipes |
| 39. | A female kangaroo |
| 42. | Direct toward a target or goal |
| 43. | Drove too fast |
| 50. | Raised railways |
| 51. | Baseball player Mel |
| 52. | Compass direction |
| 53. | Leg joint |
| 55. | Master of Engineering Administration (abbr.) |
| 56. | Securely fixed in place |
| 57. | One (Scot) |
| 59. | Erode |
| 61. | Be seated |
| 62. | Curvy letter |
| 63. | The 18th letter of the Arabic alphabet |
| 64. | Two long chains of nucleotides twisted into a double helix |
| 65. | Label |
