| ACROSS |
| 1. | (biochemistry) Long linear polymer of nucleotides found in a cell |
| 4. | Plant excrement |
| 7. | SW Saudi Arabia district |
| 11. | Age |
| 12. | A young salmon |
| 14. | Portico |
| 15. | The property of being fit to eat |
| 18. | Baking dishes |
| 19. | The 18th letter of the Arabic alphabet |
| 20. | Newt |
| 22. | Born |
| 23. | Compass dir. |
| 24. | Say or write further |
| 26. | 24 hours |
| 28. | Simplified Employee Pension (plan) (abbr.) |
| 31. | Hit sharply and swiftly |
| 32. | _ tizzy (2 wds.) |
| 33. | Everything |
| 34. | Realm |
| 37. | Monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan |
| 38. | Component |
| 40. | Three (prefix) |
| 41. | Indigenous people of northern Nigeria and southern Niger whose culture has been strongly influenced by Islam |
| 44. | Benjamin's nick name |
| 45. | Small amount or degree |
| 46. | Flaplike covering |
| 47. | Greek goddess of the dawn |
| 48. | Compass dir. |
| 49. | _ moment's notice (2 wds.) |
| 50. | An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration |
| 52. | Gear tooth |
| 54. | Spoil |
| 57. | E Mali city |
| 58. | Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds |
| 60. | A female leopard |
| 66. | We are |
| 67. | American microbiologist and physician who developed a live-virus vaccine against polio (1957) |
| 68. | Mouth edge |
| 69. | Narrow board |
| 70. | Floor covering |
| 71. | Ocean |
|
| DOWN |
| 1. | Portuguese money of account (variant) |
| 2. | Allow head to fall sleepily |
| 3. | Cuckoo |
| 4. | Elected rep. |
| 5. | Adept person |
| 6. | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes |
| 7. | Viper |
| 8. | Stubbornly conservative |
| 9. | City in the foothills of the Gold Country of California |
| 10. | To erase |
| 12. | Nine, plus one |
| 13. | National Science Foundation (abbr.) |
| 16. | Bar |
| 17. | Whopper |
| 21. | Edible starchy tuberous root |
| 23. | Volcano in Zaire |
| 25. | A female horse |
| 26. | Food container |
| 27. | Small Philippine buffalo |
| 28. | Plant excrements |
| 29. | Biblical high priest |
| 30. | Cadet |
| 34. | Habitations of wild animals |
| 35. | SW Asia republic |
| 36. | A group of pheasants |
| 39. | Chief Executive Officer (abbr.) |
| 42. | Be seated |
| 43. | First man |
| 50. | 4-wheeled motor vehicle |
| 51. | A group of whales |
| 52. | Crow sounds |
| 53. | Western Russian city on the Oka River south of Moscow |
| 55. | Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord |
| 56. | 480, 500 or 516 sheets of paper |
| 57. | Separate the seeds from cotton |
| 59. | Allow |
| 61. | Chief or king in Benin or Nigeria |
| 62. | A group of snakes |
| 63. | Raised railways |
| 64. | Sigma Iota Epsilon (abbr.) |
| 65. | Health resort |
