Across

1. Paid time off
6. Birds and animals, etc.
11. Palindrome name
12. Between sol and ti
13. Particular stand
14. Outdoor lunch
15. Public relations, shortened
16. Dinner and a movie, perhaps
19. __ balanced
20. Great lake
22. National Forest area
26. Yawn homonym
27. Badminton or softball
28. Gal. portion
30. Pest or pester
31. More than eight hrs.
32. Cook on the grill
36. Already there
37. Flower necklace
39. Chamomile, for one
40. Paper bag
41. Was in charge
43. Flying disc
45. Use flies or worms
46. Radium symbol
48. Ave. cousin
50. Catch some rays
53. Rotating skewer
55. One often in distress
56. Unrefined find
57. That is (abbr)
58. Tax preparer’s initials
60. After em
61. Montgomery state (abbr)
62. Quaint place to stay
63. Some can be six-pack
64. Calculate sums
66. Started the garden
68. Belly follower
69. Elm, for one: _____ tree
71. Tender loving care, shortened
72. It can be deep
74. Atop
75. Brook
76. Colorful outdoor battle

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1. Beach game with teams
2. Embracing nature, for some
3. Love to the fullest
4. Sun-kissed
5. Haystack quest
6. Type of rafting
7. Certain service
8. Shoestrings
9. ____ - flops
10. A piece
17. Paid notice
18. RN workplace, perhaps
21. Way there
22. Breathtaking cascade
23. Short for Instant Messaging
24. Night before
25. Zucchini or summer
27. Follows 43 across
29. Cable TV employee
33. Oboes and clarinets
34. Bachelor of Arts, for short
35. Crime Scene Investigator, shortened
38. VI minus IV
42. Snare, for one
44. Group of fish
45. _______ and family
47. Ques. result, hopefully
49. Home in the ocean, for some
50. Strappy shoes
51. Sandy shoreline
52. Utterance of hesitation
54. Evergreen
55. Gave everyone their cards
58. Tent-like structure
59. Symbol for lead
62. That thing
65. Favorite tape
66. Hand feature or type of tree
67. California wine region
70. Shelf beside an open fire
72. Saturday, shortened
73. Short for extended play

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