Across

1. One of an artist’s best works
6. Much ___ about nothing
10. Precedes Sauvignon
12. Follows em
13. Thick slice
16. Vintage wine comes from the crop of an exceptionally good ____
17. Painting depicting natural scenery
19. Short golf stroke
20. Ceramics medium
22. Type of wine barrel
24. Turkey or cat
25. Tankard contents
26. Certain wkdy.
27. Wine order quantity
28. Dorothy’s aunt
30. Blackboard crayon
31. Oval board with a hand grip and thumb hole for paint
34. Meditation word
35. Adheres to
38. It can be guided
39. Physical therapy, shortened
41. Short for Associate of Arts
42. Fruity, pink-colored wine
44. Dry, white wine
45. RN’s workplace
46. Take off
47. Television, shortened
48. Half a laugh
50. Create with watercolor, for example
52. Particular knobs
55. The two of __
56. Joshua or pine
57. Either partner
58. Pose for a portrait
59. Pour into a carafe, for instance
61. Between la and do
62. First two of twenty-six
63. Wine steward
68. Calligraphy or felt
70. Break open, as a keg
71. Taos is an art colony in the northern part of this state (abbr)
72. Quick, rough drawing
73. Fragrance of a wine

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1. Dark blue grape used in winemaking
2. Take care of
3. Something to cleanse when wine tasting
4. Cubic centimeter, shortened
5. Freestanding artist’s support
6. Comes before IOU
7. Opposite of sweet, when referring to wine
8. Single
9. Sweep of a paintbrush
11. Apiece (abbr)
12. Ceramics coating
13. Three-dimensional freestanding figure
14. Likely
15. Exist
18. Whirlpool, for one
20. Sparkling white wine
21. Requests
22. On or about, for short
23. Cool __ a cucumber
26. Variant spelling of though
27. Dry, red wine produced in Italy
29. Before maid or after parking
31. Certain dessert wine
32. Fro partner
33. Utterance of hesitation
36. Heavy fabric for oil painting
37. It’s the limit
40. Horse gait
43. Ocean drawing, for one
44. Carbonaceous artwork
48. Gradation of a color
49. Short for Zinfandel
50. Part time, shortened
51. Such as (abbr)
52. MD
53. Ignited
54. _____ life
57. Not watercolor
59. Bits of paint
60. Aid and ____
63. Ave. cousin
64. Military Police, for short
65. Of the self
66. Short for inquiry
67. Certain flightless bird
69. Raleigh state (abbr)

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