Popular Science

Intermediate
Puzzle by Tex Jernigan
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Across

1.Lion-shaped constellation
4.Fun science, for short
10.British honor for a dame: Abbr.
13.Large reproductive cell
14.It's getting hot __ ____!
15.Basic unit of a living organism
16.Expected number of strokes per hole
17.Group of competing teams
18.To drag or carry with effort
19.Dept. overseeing power and fuel policy
21.Fall in loose folds, as fabric
22.Square footage measure
23.Text abbreviation for shock
25.Glass shape that splits white light into a rainbow
26.Serviceable
29.Useful inventions
31.Phone, in Rome
32.Cellist Jacqueline ___, Elgar concerto icon
33.The crowd could only look ___ the blaze
34.Do you ___ bet?
36.Jump off a high board
40.___-Meal food storage brand
42.Quick to anger
43.Buddy
46.DNA's single-stranded cousin
47.Complete genetic blueprint of an organism
48.Everyone deserves ___ choice (liberty)
50.Tiny colony builder
51.Brain support cells
52.Mamdani, for instance
56.Rolled or steel-cut breakfast grains
60.Teenage girl
61.Mixed with other substances
63.Philosophical "Way" in Lao Tzu's teachings
64.Clear out, regionally
65.Term for unity
66.Fancy or decorative, for short
67.Geometric point: Abbr.
68.Quaker, perhaps
69.Highway efficiency measure: Abbr.

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1.Spanish phrase meaning to be wise
2.William ___, inaugural Alaska governor
3.Shrek, for one
4.Hair-related prefix, as in some medical terms
5.Anxious and jittery
6.___ Lap, champion 1930s Thoroughbred
7.Sonic the Hedgehog's video game company
8.Crunchy, in dialect
9.Electrical engineers' professional org.
10.Sweetie, old-fashioned
11.Saddest of all
12.*Playwright Inua ___ of "The Half-God of Rainfall"
15.Rushed headlong toward
20.Asimov creations, typically
24.Pro soccer league in the U.S.: Abbr.
25.Physicians' reference guide: Abbr.
26.Unexplained object in the night sky: Abbr.
27.Male offspring
28.Santa ___ tropical winds
29.Floor the gas pedal
30.Psychologists' professional group: Abbr.
32.Molecule carrying genetic information
34.Sickly looking
35.In the manner of (French-origin)
37.Circle of Dante's underworld, abbreviated
38.Adjustable-rate mortgage, for short
39.Calm spot inside a storm
41.Prior to, poetically
42.Boggy wetland
43.Train that floats with magnets, for short
44.On fire
45.Gene-editing tool using guide RNA
47.Scottish workhorse breed
49.Compass point opposite west
52.Irritate a little
53.River forming part of the China-Russia border
54.Michigan city near Ann Arbor: Abbr.
55.A fish's breathing slit, in French
57.Tiny particle of matter
58.Blue sheet over a leaky roof
59.Tune with lyrics
62.The finish
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