| ACROSS |
| 1. | Eat (away) |
| 6. | Compass dir. |
| 9. | Two long chains of nucleotides twisted into a double helix |
| 12. | Distinctive and pervasive qualities or characters |
| 13. | Zeal |
| 14. | A wide sash fastened in the back with a large flat bow |
| 15. | Volcano in Java |
| 17. | Needle case |
| 19. | June honoree |
| 20. | Snakelike fish |
| 21. | Uninterruptible Power Supply (abbr.) |
| 23. | Lower and raise head in agreement |
| 25. | Egyptian god of music and revelry and the guardian deity of women in labor |
| 26. | A language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose |
| 27. | Master of Engineering Administration (abbr.) |
| 29. | Russian composer Stravinsky |
| 32. | Possessed |
| 35. | Approach |
| 37. | (biochemistry) Long linear polymer of nucleotides found in a cell |
| 38. | Small child |
| 40. | An absolute certainty |
| 41. | Unit of force equal to gravity |
| 42. | Whimper |
| 43. | And so on (abbr.) |
| 44. | Auto club (abbr.) |
| 45. | National forest in Provo, Utah |
| 46. | Label |
| 48. | Globular water bottle used in Asia |
| 50. | Born |
| 51. | Curvy letter |
| 53. | One more than two |
| 55. | Raised railways |
| 56. | Curve |
| 57. | Take to court |
| 60. | Ocean |
| 62. | Author of "A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic" |
| 65. | Device for capturing images |
| 68. | Mayday |
| 69. | Flowery wreath |
| 70. | Distance measurement |
| 71. | Eastern Standard Time (abbr.) |
| 72. | _ tizzy (2 wds.) |
| 73. | Romps |
|
| DOWN |
| 1. | Relaxation |
| 2. | Court order |
| 3. | Spoken |
| 4. | A female horse |
| 5. | Compass dir. |
| 6. | Nights before holidays |
| 7. | A young louse |
| 8. | Australian flightless bird |
| 9. | Texas town _ City |
| 10. | Basketball assoc. |
| 11. | Help |
| 16. | Third day of the wk. |
| 18. | Indiana (abbr.) |
| 22. | 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet |
| 24. | Expression of pleasure, satisfaction, surprise, or great joy |
| 25. | Drinking establishment |
| 26. | Retirement account (abbr.) |
| 27. | Port city in southern Somalia on the Indian Ocean |
| 28. | Erode |
| 30. | Relatively large |
| 31. | Single |
| 33. | "He couldn't carry _ _ in a bucket!" (2 words) |
| 34. | Dunce |
| 35. | Adept person |
| 36. | Remaining after all deductions |
| 39. | Afternoon social gathering |
| 41. | E Mali city |
| 42. | Sliced dessert |
| 44. | Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord |
| 45. | University (slang) |
| 47. | Set |
| 49. | Wind |
| 52. | Compass dir. |
| 54. | Interstate Commerce Commission (abbr) |
| 55. | 90 degrees |
| 56. | Melody |
| 57. | Stalk of a moss capsule |
| 58. | American chemist, 1934 Nobel Prize winner discovery of heavy hydrogen |
| 59. | Hearing organs |
| 60. | Compass dir. |
| 61. | Greek goddess of the dawn |
| 63. | Biblical high priest |
| 64. | A female salmon |
| 66. | Electrical Unit |
| 67. | Cartoonist voice _ Blanc |
