Heroics

Image courtesy of Sadie Keesbury.

ACROSS 

1. AM, FM, CB or ham 

6. Suffix with social or solo 

9. _____man (hero who can breathe underwater) 

13. Allergy 

14. When repeated, eating sound 

15. Tie (together) 

16. _____man (hero whose uniform resembles this grid) 

17. Apt rhyme for try 

18. Belgian expressionist James 

20. Month before Apr. 

21. “Do it, or _____!!” (threat)

23. “_____ further!” (stop where you are) 

24. Show on television 

25. Donkey 

27. Eisenhower nickname 

29. Cooking spray brand 

30. Minecraft explosive 

31. Tatami _____ 

32. Gorgonacea (soft coral) nickname 

34. British mother 

35. _____man (hero who has arc reactor shrapnel near his heart) 

37. “OMG, I did NOT need to know that.” 

38. NYC baseball player or museum 

40. Birds often confused with ravens 

43. Period we entered when we sprang ahead, for short 

45. _____ slip, wardrobe malfunction 

47. Descartes of philosophy

49. Apt anagram for 56A 

51. Grounds 

55. _____man (hero who rides in a mobile) 

56. See 49A

57. “There are so many _____ and downs in the rollercoaster of life.” —Sadie Keesbury 

58. _____man (hero who can shrink and grow) 

59. Organization for the welfare of kids 

60. With 65A, a kick-line dance 

61. Miller _____, low calorie beer 

63. Duchamp’s movement 

65. See 60A 

66. Decorate 

68. Professor’s helpers 

69. “L + _____” (your post sucks) 

71. Suffix with switch 

72. Ambulance worker 

73. “My eyes _____ here” 

74. Musical break 

75. French article 

76. Lakshmi of Top Chef

DOWN

1. Hallway monitors, in college (but not at Vassar) 

2. Foil material 

3. Nordstrom or Macy’s, for example 

4. Bon ____ (Skinny Love singer) 

5. “_____ the ramparts we watched” 

6. One who puts money into a business 

7. Dirt 

8. Literary technique that created “un-freaking-believable,” for example 

9. Honest president 

10. Last Chinese dynasty 

11. Uncouth 

12. God, in Hebrew 

19. Frolick 

22. _____ out a living (scrape by) 

24. Withdrawal location, for short 

25. Mon _____, French pet name 

26. Vassar’s event planning office 

28. Devour 

33. Nuclear bomb, for example (abbr.)

36. Neither’s partner 

39. Aunt, Sp. 

41. Livestreams 

42. Noise to make with one’s fingers 

44. David Guetta and Sia song about resilience 

46. Org. for school involvement 

48. Aliens, for short 

50. Nine digit identifier (abbr.)

51. Biss of The Balloonists 

52. _____man (hero whose real name is Peter) 

53. Opposite of beginning 

54. 50 of these comprise their United version 

62. Greek Cupid 

64. Judi Dench or Maggie Smith 

65. Delevingne of modeling 

67. “Am I _____ a man and a brother?” (abolitionist slogan) 

69. Nicki Minaj genre 

70. Grandpa in German

Issue 6 Category Match Answers:

Sources of light: LAMP, CANDLE, SUN, FLASHLIGHT

Things that orbit: MOON, ASTEROID, SATELLITE, ISS

Languages taught at Vassar: ASL, GERMAN, CHINESE, ENGLISH

Things that follow “thin”: ICE, K, AIR, SKINNED

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