| ACROSS |
| 1. | Direct toward a target or goal |
| 4. | Nonscientific branch of learning |
| 7. | Mature |
| 10. | Volcano in Japan |
| 13. | Small child |
| 14. | Research Institute of America (abbr.) |
| 15. | Separate the seeds from cotton |
| 16. | Period of immesurable duration |
| 17. | Taking place subsequently |
| 19. | Compass dir. |
| 20. | Institute legal proceedings |
| 21. | Raised railways |
| 22. | Massive |
| 23. | Altar cloth linen |
| 24. | Cartoonist voice _ Blanc |
| 26. | Epoch |
| 28. | Practice |
| 29. | One (Scot) |
| 30. | declaimed |
| 34. | _ moment's notice (2 wds.) |
| 35. | Saclike structure in which ascospores are formed |
| 36. | Domesticated feline |
| 39. | Put into a specified state |
| 40. | Egyptian god of music and revelry and the guardian deity of women in labor |
| 42. | Elect |
| 43. | Member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico |
| 44. | Before (prefix) |
| 45. | Moving about |
| 47. | A group of salmon |
| 48. | Volcano in U.S.A. |
| 49. | Acquire through effort |
| 50. | (biochemistry) Long linear polymer of nucleotides found in a cell |
| 52. | Compass dir. |
| 54. | To riddle |
| 55. | A male weasel |
| 56. | Unit of force equal to gravity |
| 58. | American Medical Association (abbr.) |
| 60. | Spanish title |
| 61. | (East Indies) transportation by relays of people or horses |
| 62. | Paper fasteners |
| 66. | Chemical element with properties similar to another |
| 67. | Born |
| 68. | Marina Del _, California |
| 69. | Institute for Media and Entertainment (abbr.) |
| 70. | Consume |
| 71. | Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord |
| 72. | _ tizzy (2 wds.) |
| 73. | A young shark |
|
| DOWN |
| 1. | Had dinner |
| 2. | Electrically charged atom |
| 3. | Mountains (abbr.) |
| 4. | Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds |
| 5. | Remove soap |
| 6. | Label |
| 7. | Hindu god of fire |
| 8. | A group of weasels |
| 9. | Compass dir. |
| 10. | (Norse mythology) The chief race of gods living at Asgard |
| 11. | Lush |
| 12. | Single |
| 18. | Westward-flowing river in northern Congo |
| 22. | Taverns |
| 23. | Partially opened flower |
| 24. | Mother |
| 25. | Related on the mother's side |
| 27. | Ridicules or criticizes harshly |
| 31. | Oak nuts |
| 32. | Uncastrated adult male sheep |
| 33. | Eastern Standard Time (abbr.) |
| 34. | Viper |
| 36. | French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel Prizes |
| 37. | "He couldn't carry _ _ in a bucket!" (2 words) |
| 38. | Nine, plus one |
| 40. | Sound made by sheep |
| 41. | Double-curved letter |
| 46. | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (abbr.) |
| 48. | Experiment locale |
| 49. | Arrange or fold as a cover or protection |
| 50. | A girl in the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark (Acts 12:12-15) |
| 51. | Composition which requires nine musicians for a performance |
| 53. | Ingested |
| 56. | Highlander |
| 57. | Makes supply last |
| 59. | A member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala |
| 60. | Pass on |
| 61. | Nucleic acid that carries the genetic information in the cell |
| 62. | Indian title of respect (Mr.) |
| 63. | Mouth edge |
| 64. | Australian flightless bird |
| 65. | Simplified Employee Pension (plan) (abbr.) |
