| ACROSS |
| 1. | Elects |
| 5. | A group of whales |
| 8. | Pet locale |
| 11. | Raised platform |
| 12. | Heavy open wagon |
| 13. | Single |
| 14. | A person who is older than you are |
| 16. | Plant holders |
| 17. | Benjamin's nick name |
| 18. | Observe |
| 19. | The sixth month of the Jewish calendar |
| 22. | Compass dir. |
| 23. | Aircraft that can take off and land vertically |
| 24. | Monetary unit of Latvia |
| 25. | Make improvements or corrections to |
| 26. | Ancient Greek god of war |
| 28. | Elected reps. |
| 30. | Beverage made from leaves |
| 32. | Japanese and Korean word for the Qilin, a Chinese mythical beast |
| 34. | Sep. follower |
| 35. | River (Sp.) |
| 37. | Fifth month |
| 38. | Strangle with an iron collar |
| 41. | Basketball assoc. |
| 43. | A female goose |
| 44. | Snakelike fish |
| 45. | Constellation of myth |
| 47. | According to |
| 48. | Labels |
| 49. | _ moment's notice (2 wds.) |
| 50. | Monetary unit of Philippines |
| 51. | Direct toward a target or goal |
| 54. | Radio Frequency Interference (abbr.) |
| 55. | Compact _ |
| 58. | Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate Aldo (1990) |
| 60. | Practice |
| 61. | Common sense |
| 62. | Land elevation |
| 63. | Greek goddess of the dawn |
| 64. | A saturated hydrocarbon |
| 65. | Western Russian city on the Oka River south of Moscow |
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| DOWN |
| 1. | Lyric poems |
| 2. | Light colored |
| 3. | Event that recurs at intervals |
| 4. | Compass dir. |
| 5. | E Mali city |
| 6. | Nonscientific branch of learning |
| 7. | Mountains (abbr.) |
| 8. | One whose occupation is catching lobsters |
| 9. | Afresh |
| 10. | Writing instrument |
| 12. | An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration |
| 15. | Magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit |
| 20. | Do not |
| 21. | Tree or shrub in the Birch family |
| 22. | Indian skirt |
| 23. | Virtual Memory System (abbr.) |
| 24. | A group of grouses |
| 25. | Pleas |
| 27. | Thailand, formerly |
| 28. | Distress signal |
| 29. | _ Homo ("Behold the Man", John 19:5 KJV) |
| 31. | The 18th letter of the Arabic alphabet |
| 33. | A group of pheasants |
| 36. | Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 |
| 39. | Silent film actress Nazimova |
| 40. | Girls' org. (abbr.) |
| 42. | Caspian sea tributary |
| 43. | Two (Sp.) |
| 46. | Russian composer Stravinsky |
| 49. | Pertaining to black traditions or culture |
| 50. | Personal Computers (abbr.) |
| 51. | SW Saudi Arabia district |
| 52. | Small island |
| 53. | Place where flour is made |
| 54. | Sorrow |
| 55. | Nucleic acid that carries the genetic information in the cell |
| 56. | Electrically charged atom |
| 57. | Take to court |
| 59. | Expresson of surprise, comprehension, or mock astonishment |