ACROSS

1. Cold-weather beverage (2 wds)

6. Certain bark spice

10. American Health, shortened

11. Oatmeal

12. Taking care of the leaves

13. Short for company

14. Camping bed

15. Letter prior to em

16. They're from the gourd family

19. During the wee hours

21. It's "the word"

22. Uppermost

24. Urge

25. Night before

26. Common link between coat and toasty

28. Fix your shoelaces

32. Neither word

33. Often used for 49 across

34. Esquire, shortened

35. Odiferous animal, at times

39. Recreational vehicle, for short

40. Large vegetable stems

44. Walla Walla state (abbr)

45. Football pos.

46. Historical time period

47. Is able to

49. For warmth and entertainment

52. Particular precipitation

53. Take part in the picnic

54. It's piloted by an ET

55. Foam rubber toy brand

57. In a short time; soon

59. Check out the vivid fall ______

62. Short for ear, nose, and throat

63. Public relations, shortened

64. Something that conceals

65. Prior, poetically

67. Short for inclusive or income

70. Often used for decor: pine ____

72. Follows lime or lemon

73. Type of tide

75. Coinage

77. Quite windy, according to Pooh

78. Lentil, split pea, and chicken

DOWN

1. Gathered crops

2. Giver opposite

3. Uncomfortably cool

4. Meditation word

5. Also fall

6. Chip 'n' Dale, for two

7. High time

8. Not PC

9. Something to store for the winter

13. Hard apple, perhaps

17. Egyptian symbol for water

18. Beef, potatoes, carrots, celery..

20. __ Olde Booke Shoppe

23. Mark Twain said: "It's a ____ man who can't spell a word more than one way"

27. Exciting or unusual experience

29. Exists

30. It happens in March and September

31. Technical knockout, or a band from Seattle

35. Decoys to discourage birds

36. Uniform Resource Locator, for short

37. Opposite SSW

38. Soft, woven fabric, usually in plaid

41. Oolong or chamomile

42. Operatic solo

43. Aromatic, as candles

44. Achieve victory

48. Associate of Arts, shortened

49. Wood ________ stove

50. ".. __ thee I sing"

51. Common link between heron and zero

56. Wooly covering of a sheep

58. Atop

60. Traveling home, for short

61. Place to place yourself

63. Politically correct, shortened

66. Cut the crop

68. Neon symbol

69. Something to hail

71. Short for serial or service

72. Time past

74. Plural or plate, shortened

76. Albany state (abbr)

A Custom Crossword by Gail Beckman, 702-869-6416, customcrosswords.com

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