Across 

1. Hearth

5. Pullover; cardigan

11. Recreational vehicle, for short

12. Short for equal opportunity

13. Sweatshirt with a head cover

14. Soft, warm fabric

18. Louis or Louise, shortened

19. Yes, to Jorge

20. “It’s 20 degrees below ____ outside!”

21. Associate of Arts, for short

22. Bismarck state (abbr)

23. Sleeping bag filler, preferably

24. Europium symbol

25. Short coat

26. Myself

27. Paid notification

28. Requirement

29. That guy

30. View; picture

32. What person?

34. And so on (abbr)

36. General educational development, shortened

37. Dealing with a slippery surface

39. At no cost

41. One with a habit

42. Short for No Smoking

43. Radio frequency, shortened

44. Move restlessly from one place to another

46. Enduringly fresh, for a tree

50. Motivation research, for short

51. 3.141592+

52. Can be accompanied by rain, snow, or hail

54. Melt

57. Player’s piece

58. Long walk or march

60. Certain bladed shoe (2 wds)

61. Planning to return: I’ll be ____

64. Exists

65. Carbon copy, shortened

66. Stratum of ore, for example

67. Quilt; throw

68. Reverberate

69. Close by

70. Racing sled in a chute

71. Ice needles covering the ground

72. Very strong wind

Down

1. Congealed by the cold

2. VII minus III

3. Snap or sweet follower

4. Particular winter underwear (2 wds)

5. Marks the beginning of winter

6. Certain stove

7. School’s web ending

8. Artificial intelligence, shortened

9. Symbol for tellurium

10. Team for Santa

14. Uncomfortably cold

15. Intense in volume

16. Apiece

17. Phenomena created by weather passing over a large body of water (2 wds)

19. Stately aquatic bird

23. Winter month

26. Information; news (abbr)

31. Short for education

32. Air in natural motion

33. Officer of the Guard, for short

35. Short for tincture or tare

37. Driveway tool for winter (2 wds)

38. Lutetium symbol

40. Hearing device?

43. Short for Revised Version

45. Beginning bet

46. Popular shade tree

47. Slow-moving masses of ice

48. Precedes en

49. Seed of a Douglas fir (2 wds)

51. Small tract of land

52. Downhill and cross-country

53. Galoshes material

55. Hello

56. Particular direction

57. Mrs. Kettle

59. Long, broad strip of material worn around the neck

62. Words with king or mode

63. What knot and kneel have in common

68. Nog beginning

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