ACROSS
1. “Be bear ___ !” (rhyming hiking advice)
6. Light weapon?
11. Pie ___ mode
14. Matthew who will play Odysseus in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film
15. [Crossing my fingers]
16. On the ___
17. Like fans after a buzzer beater
18. Jotted down
19. Him, in Paris
20. Walk in a “Contrast” show, say
22. Pale “Twilight” heartthrob
24. Feeling :(
27. “Severance” star Britt
29. Chair man Charles
30. Up-and-coming NYC bagel shop
32. Fancy-schmancy
34. Provoke, with “up”
35. Matthew who brewed
38. Site for tech reviews
39. Go through the Deece’s middle doors, say
40. Biblical brother
44. Covers a cake
45. First name of a Matthews Band
46. Everdeen of District 12
50. What a bike might be, if you forget to lock it
52. Where to see a kite flight
53. You may read him in ENGL 101
56. Who you see after you see RNs
57. Gray _____, Matthew
59. One app for paying a friend back
61. _____ Dhabi
62. A policy that 56A won’t violate
64. Matthew who played Chandler Bing
68. _____ Nas X
69. Shenanigan
70. Nickname for a Nathaniel who loves to go online
71. “God _____ Woman” -Ariana Grande
72. “A Confederacy of Dunces” author
73. Sprays (down)
DOWN
1. Disability rts law
2. With 55D, a popular Tolstoy novel
3. GRST 145 word
4. Live like a nomad
5. Select “I will attend Vassar College” on your Candidate’s Reply Card, say
6. Muscle-bone connector
7. Characteristic of a donut or faulty plot
8. ChatGPT, for one
9. Piece of fencing equipment
10. Ruby ruminant closely related to elk
11. Title bestowed upon the “Poet of the East”
12. Lauren known for creating “The World’s Best-Dressed Bear”
13. Surrounded by
21. Phil Connors gets a bunch of these in “Groundhog Day”
23. Dog’s display of excitement
24. Office for on-campus event planning (abbr.)
25. What your adviser gives you to access Pre-Registration
26. Bob who lost elections as both a presidential and vice-presidential nominee
28. Solution to a forgotten password
31. ___ bygones be bygones
33. “Lush Life” singer Zara
36. A horse may win by it
37. Multidisciplinary Vassar program with courses in bioethics and public health
40. “Much ____ About Nothing”
41. Like Samuel L. Jackson or Larry David (mostly)
42. Never _____!
43. Camera attachment
44. Compliment for someone with great headwear
46. Capital of Rwanda
47. Ancient Egyptian god of the dead
48. _____ rasa, or “clean slate”
49. Zero, zilch
51. Protein option often found at Root
54. To no _____
55. What two fingers might symbolize
58. Punny abbreviation for conservatives who might not agree with their party
60. Greek wine goddess
63. Sick day alternative, for short
65. What other schools might have instead of stufels
66. 9, 55 or 44 in Poughkeepsie, for example (abbr)
67. No opposite