Across

1.    Bigger than a fish bowl
5.    Feline attractant
10.    Bachelor of Arts, shortened
11.    Wagger
12.    Short for indicative or index
15.    Feathered friend abode
18.    Jr.’s dad
19.    Bovine utterance
20.    Perspiration
21.    Certain car club (abbr)
23.    Domesticated cavy: ____
    pig
26.    Football pos.
27.    “Just ____ it”
28.    Headgear
30.    Expected
31.    Performance; act
32.    Not native
35.    Kitty’s cry
36.    Mammal hair, often
37.    Eagle feature
39.    Where Fido’s kibble goes
41.    Young wildcat
43.    Bill of lading, shortened
45.    Opposite SW
46.    Snack on
48.    “___ got a secret”
49.    Obedience instructor; dog _______
50.    They give location assistance
52.    Takes off
54.    Precedes IOU
55.    Popular reptilian pets
59.    Something to wish upon
60.    Whine homophone
62.    Gather information
63.    Stays alongside his master
65.    Short for repairs in progress
66.    Fluffed and buffed the dog
68.    Exists
70.    Berkelium symbol
71.    Years old
73.    Northern Territory, for short
74.    Concave disk brand
77.    Certain oat-eater
78.    Throw the ball, for instance
79.    Particular canines

Down

1.    Many wildlife
2.    A blood type
3.    Floppy-earred, for one
4.    Swine’s divine bath
5.    It can be retractable
6.    Certain reward
7.    “___ a girl!”
8.    Small, slender parrot
9.    Protective pet talc (2 wds)
13.    Negative reply
14.    Canine shelter
16.    Cesium symbol
17.    Small, burrowing rodent
22.    Artificial intelligence, shortened
24.    Particular union of vehicle employees (abbr)
25.    A walk in the park, for instance
27.    Total
29.    Popular pet pig
33.    Tantalum symbol
34.    Denver state (abbr)
38.    Hoop gp.
39.    Type of door
40.    Rodent with a stout body, short tail and cheek pouches
42.    Certain rays (abbr)
44.    Bunch of new pups
45.    Not even once
47.    Half a goodbye
51.    Cockatoo or macaw
53.    Symbol for einsteinium
55.    What telegram and cartel have in common
56.    Rugby League, shortened
57.    Warm place when seated
58.    Garters
60.    Apparatus for 40 down
61.    Lincoln state (abbr)
64.    Father
66.    Type of shepherd (abbr)
67.    Solo number
69.    Agreement from Pablo
70.    Sit up and ___
71.    I see...
72.    Leave
75.    Standard deviation, for short
76.    Mr. __ Jangles

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

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