| ACROSS |
| 1. | The opening section of a North Indian classical performance |
| 5. | Distress signal |
| 8. | A blast of a horn |
| 12. | Monetary unit of Turkey |
| 13. | Sigma Iota Epsilon (abbr.) |
| 14. | Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ferber |
| 15. | SW Asia republic |
| 16. | A young clam |
| 19. | Keyboard key |
| 20. | Small island |
| 21. | Direct toward a target or goal |
| 22. | Ocean |
| 23. | Burns superficially |
| 25. | Chewing product |
| 27. | The 18th letter of the Arabic alphabet |
| 28. | Southwest Nigerian state |
| 32. | A female tiger |
| 38. | A male wild boar |
| 39. | Open Software Foundation (abbr.) |
| 42. | (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard |
| 43. | Nucleic acid that carries the genetic information in the cell |
| 44. | Event that recurs at intervals |
| 46. | Inhabiting a nest |
| 49. | Town in Pulwama district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir |
| 50. | Compass dir. |
| 52. | Naughty child |
| 55. | A region of northeastern France famous for its wines |
| 58. | _-fi |
| 61. | A group of salmon |
| 63. | Put into a specified state |
| 64. | An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration |
| 66. | Appease |
| 69. | Indian skirt |
| 70. | Member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan |
| 71. | The first octave above the treble staff |
| 72. | Mouths or openings |
| 73. | Radio Amateur Educational Society (abbr.) |
| 74. | Perceive with the eye |
| 75. | Elects |
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| DOWN |
| 1. | Came down and settled, as after flight |
| 2. | Monetary units of Turkey |
| 3. | Peninsula of southwest Asia between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf |
| 4. | Baking dish |
| 5. | Supersonic Transport (abbr.) |
| 6. | A city of northeast Kyushu, Japan, east-northeast of Nagasaki |
| 7. | Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud |
| 8. | Nine, plus one |
| 9. | Lyric poems |
| 10. | At one time in the past |
| 11. | Monetary unit of Bangladesh |
| 16. | Untruth |
| 17. | It is |
| 18. | Australian flightless bird |
| 20. | Hindu god of fire |
| 24. | A young louse |
| 26. | Disorderly crowd |
| 29. | Lower and raise head in agreement |
| 30. | One of the 12 tribes of Israel |
| 31. | Mouth or opening |
| 33. | Separate the seeds from cotton |
| 34. | To sift |
| 35. | Double-curved letter |
| 36. | Be seated |
| 37. | Indian title of respect (Mr.) |
| 39. | Baseball player Mel |
| 40. | Title for a knight |
| 41. | Federal agency which regulates the release of new foods and health-related products |
| 45. | Biblical high priest |
| 47. | A home for chicks |
| 48. | Girls' org. (abbr.) |
| 51. | Inner slope or wall of the ditch surrounding a rampart |
| 53. | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (abbr.) |
| 54. | Roman goddess of pruning vines and bushes |
| 55. | Eastern Standard Time (abbr.) |
| 56. | Area sheltered from the wind |
| 57. | Small fatty European fish |
| 58. | Practice fight |
| 59. | A young vicuna |
| 60. | City in the foothills of the Gold Country of California |
| 62. | Mediterranean tributary |
| 65. | Regional Information Sharing System (abbr.) |
| 67. | Tenth month of the Hindu calendar |
| 68. | Had dinner |
| 69. | "Barney Miller" actor Jack |