ACROSS 1. Intervertebral cushion 5. Broadcast from a squad car, for short 8. Attachment of an infant’s mouth during breastfeeding 13. Really digging 14. March Madness org. 15. Slender, edible mushroom 16. Type of programmed cell death that is evaded by cancer cells 18. Glucose test unit 19. Feeds, as a baby mammal 20. Some plays in badminton or tennis: 2 words 22. Gene that, when mutated, can cause ataxia telangiectasia 23. End of a root branch 25. Suffix in the names of sugars 26. With 44-Across, genomic hallmark of cancer associated with DNA loss 31. Topic for debate 34. Item used to mount insect specimens 35. Nickname for the Field Museum’s T.Rex skeleton 37. Flower bud used as a flavorful garnish 38. Special treatment, for short 39. Country that’s home to the Amami rabbit 41. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or Cenozoic 42. Chicken ___ king: 2 words 43. Come next 44. See 26-Across 49. Delighted exclamation 50. Seargent’s superiors 51. Solemn promise 54. What an atmospheric purifier provides: 2 words 59. Cannabis ___ 61. “Filthy” money 62. Cellular structures that enable replicative immortality in cancer cells 64. Cause a mutation in, perhaps 65. Panache 66. Monthly expense for a tenant 67. Walks with a heavy step 68. Oncogene that regulates expression of ~15 percent of human genes 69. Smelling apparatus |
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1. Roman equivalent of Artemis 2. Enter, as data 3. Atmospheric disturbance 4. Police officers, informally 5. Organization for practitioners of the “central science” 6. Result of nociception 7. Cytosine, for one 8. Not as much 9. Patriotic song 10. Bull, by another name 11. Proto-oncogene involved in mast cell development 12. Joints in mammals, or fruits from roses 14. Military denial: 2 words 17. Connection between a neutrophil and endothelium 21. Talking-___ (reprimands) 24. Opener on some soda cans 26. Signal’s passive counterpart 27. Inverse of kilo- 28. Available for work if needed: 2 words. 29. Egyptian cobras 30. Party at which kalua pig might be served 31. Glacier’s makeup 32. Wedding garment, often 33. Life ___ (measure of longevity) 36. Hydrocarbon suffix 39. Habitat for some pelagic fish 40. One or more 45. Flew like an osprey 46. Powders used in printers 47. Exclamation when solving a puzzle 48. Exclamation before starting a fight: 2 words 51. Yellow-throated songbird 52. Appliances that might be used for sterilization 53. Guano, to bats 54. Thunderbolt’s sound 55. Quiet period 56. Prefix similar to exo- 57. Agenda component 58. Depend (on) 60. Seabird with a forked tail 63. Insect’s protective secretion |