Across

1.    Something to get outside (2 wds)
7.    Plant, weed, etc.
12.    Short for light or lieutenant
13.    Sibling for a lass
14.    Cocktail with rum, pineapple juice, and more (2 wds)
16.    Electrical engineer, shortened
17.    Flower necklace
19.    Go out at _____ and see the stars
22.    Certain flowing cascades
26.    Pocket bread
27.    En preceder
28.    Teenage woe
29.    Cabs and Merlots
31.    Thirteenth letter of the Greek alphabet
32.    Particular sash
34.    A spray of flowers, for example
37.    Game of tees and clubs
39.    Words with mode or king
40.    That guy
41.    Irritate
42.    Spruce things up with some _____
44.    Trail-taker
46.    Rocks, sometimes
47.    Open, as a keg
49.    Outdoor skin protector
52.    Desert phenomenon
54.    Colt, for one
55.    Master of Science, shortened
56.    Those on line
57.    The two of us
59.    Tears to shreds (2 wds)
62.    Possess
64.    Grill
66.    Easy gallop
69.    Between fa and la
70.    Night before
72.    Mend, as a bone
73.    Playground setting, often
76.    Positive vote
78.    Mom’s spouse
79.    Type of list (hyph)
80.    Particular direction
82.    Barely runs
83.    Open footwear

Down

1.    “April showers bring May ______”
2.    Rapid Transit, for short
3.    REM is the best
4.    ____ of the dog
5.    Paid notice
6.    Short for ream or room
7.    Government issue, shortened
8.    Devoured
9.    Radium symbol
10.    “Would you like patio _____?”
11.    Brand of personal watercraft (2 wds)
15.    Pollen problems
16.    What’s that you say?
17.    Short for light or lieutenant
18.    Whirlpool brand
20.    What white and item have in common
21.    Road trip need, for most
23.    Morning initials
24.    Cooling device or sports enthusiast
25.    Ave. cousin
26.    Homophone of pie
29.    On foot
30.    Journey
33.    Eighty-six
35.    Twenty-first letter of the Greek alphabet
36.    Certain sale
38.    Either partner
39.    Associate of Arts, shortened
42.    Basket-taking event
43.    Particular bicycle (hyph)
44.    Resting place between trees
45.    Estimated times of arrival, for short
48.    Word with hour or diem
50.    Undoubtedly
51.    Flightless bird
53.    Engaged in a marathon
57.    Walla Walla state (abbr)
58.    RN workplaces, sometimes
60.    Symbol for plutonium
61.    Planting needs
63.    In need of some sun
64.    The _____ and the bees
65.    Across the _____
67.    Telegraphic transfer, shortened
68.    Short for report
71.    Large containers
74.    Account of, for short
75.    They have campgrounds all over
77.    It can be electric
81.    Cool __ a cucumber

— A Custom Crossword by Gail Beckman
702-869-6416, customcrosswords.com

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