Across

   1. “It’s _______ cats and dogs!”
  5. Back yard protection?
10. The two of __
11. Country initials
13. Number of Solitaire players
14. Sounding like a motorboat
16. Toward
18. Between D and G
20. Kitten’s milk source
22. Em follower
23. Large enclosure for birds
25. Lamb’s mom
26. Dogsled members
28. It can be electric
29. Jr’s dad
30. “I smell a ___”
31. Lose fur
34. Folsom and Roseville state (abbr)
36. Popular name for a poodle, doubled
37. Check for errors
38. Bird of prey feature
41. Small Eurasian rodent
45. Canter leisurely
46. Poison from certain snakes
48. Cats have retractable ones
50. Travels like a bunny
52. Apiece (abbr)
53. What venue and duet have in common
54. Account of, shortened
55. Cockatoo and macaw, for instance
57. Little guy with a shell
62. Referring to birds
63. Salivate
64. Three of 36 down
65. Doctor of Philosophy, for short
67. Symbol for iron
69. Ultraviolet, shortened
70. Yen
73. Descended from a long line of its own kind
76. Gold symbol
77. Particular pinscher
79. Not applicable, for short
81. Male child
82. Bills
85. Possible feral
86. Orange swimmer
 

Down

  1. Smallest of the litter
  2. Cool __ a cucumber
  3. Make sterile
  4. Pig beginning
  5. Sign of a happy dog
  6. A dog or a tooth
  7. Entrance for Fido: Doggie ____
  8. Atop
  9. Opposite of haw
12. Tin symbol
14. Puppy feet
15. It can be Golden
16. Liq. lunch
17. Child’s goodbye
19. Pertaining to the cat family
21. Electrical engineer, shortened
24. Canary color
27. Had oats, for example
31. Far East cat
32. Driver’s lic. info
33. Delirium tremens, for short
34. Mexican or Aztec breed of dog
35. Associate of Arts, shortened
36. (see 64 across)
39. Precedes mode or king
40. Roman goddess of plenty
42. Atlas page
43. Rise on the hind legs (2 wds)
44. Word for “go away, cat!”
47. Do you want to go ___?
49. Strongly audible
51. Fixed a female
56. Also
58. Train system (abbr)
59. It can be guided
60. Adoration
61. Raised railway
66. Equine
67. Mirth and amusement
68. RN’s workplace, perhaps
71. Does more than jog
72. Sit and stay
73. Hunger feeling
74. Alpo flavor
75. Water container for kitty
78. Mode of operation, shortened
80. Already there
82. Short for board or bond
83. Artificial intelligence, shortened
84. Topeka state (abbr) •

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