ACROSS

1. Particular month

5. Dessert choice (2 wds.)

11. Words with king or mode

12. Associate of Arts, shortened

13. Symbol for copper

14. Between la and do

15. Food saved for later

19. Liquid lunch?

20. Evening meal

22. Squash and carrots

25. Certain opener

26. The sixth sense, for short

27. Sly look

28. Adds dressing to the inside

30. Baking need

31. Fro's partner

33. About (abbr.)

34. Short for Fire Department

35. Make a comment

36. Indian corn

37. Platter

38. RN workplace, perhaps

39. Boob Tube, shortened

40. 3.141592+

41. Gold symbol

43. Moose cousin

44. Lion utterances

48. Weekday in question

51. Do over, as a film

52. They can be candied

53. Reverberation

54. Competition abbr.

56. It's a National ________

60. Kind of cobbler

62. Boiling vessel

63. Symbol for titanium

64. Class follower

66. Olden days you

67. Physical education, for short

68. Certain precipitation

70. Make tea, coffee, or beer

71. Subject of this crossword

DOWN

1. ______ American

2. They're often pitted

3. Veterans Administration, shortened

4. Devour

6. Corn quantity

7. Green Bean _________

8. Short for no charge

9. Fruit with a thick, orange rind

10. All of you

15. Fabricate the truth

16. Huge spread

17. Vinegar companion

18. Comforts

21. Electrical engineer, shortened

23. Student's concern (abbr)

24. Helper for Santa

28. Dishes up plates

29. It's all about friends and ______

31. Formal agreement for peace

32. Poetic contraction

33. "I smell a ____"

34. Between mi and sol

37. The "star" of the table

40. Pod dwellers

41. Particular car club (abbr)

42. Mmmmmmm!

44. Preparation instructions

45. Meditation word

46. Much less than a min.

47. Whipping up dishes, for example

49. It can be canned

50. Initials to let us know if you'll attend

55. Watch sneakily

57. We're ____ for business

58. Perform

59. Already there

60. Finished the meal

61. Allowed

63. Type of foil

64. First two of twenty-six

65. Critical ratio, for short

67. Ma's other half

68. One way to travel (abbr)

69. Artificial intelligence, shortened

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