Across
1
Plays a part
5
Exam for a prospective PhD student
8
Higgs ___ (particle also known as the "God particle")
13
Short shorts?
14
Landed (on)
15
Word in some Winter Olympic event names
16
37
American Society for ___ & 37-Across (organization hosting the annual meeting I am attending this week!)
18
Mag featuring science and nature content
19
Key in the top left corner of a keyboard
20
"Yeah ... I'm gonna pass on that"
21
Celebrity chef Nosrat who wrote "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat"
22
Cuddled
24
Conference-wide session
27
Recurrent theme
28
Suitably
31
Elmer's product
32
Vientiane's country
34
Flooded (with)
36
Mathematical collections denoted by { }
37
16
American Society for 16-Across & ___ (organization hosting the annual meeting I am attending this week!)
40
"Grey's Anatomy" network
43
Heavy books
44
Align
46
Soften the ___
48
Tartan garments
50
"General Hosptial" and others
53
Location of the meeting I am attending this week
55
Many an expat
57
Runs with a long stride
58
Broadway show with the subtitle "The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical"
59
Morning moisture
60
Soft leathers
62
Home of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
64
Time-sensitive
65
Worry
66
Wild pig
67
Mix together
68
Gave snacks
69
___ and crafts
Down
1
"In the ideal scenario ..."
2
Gene-editing technology
3
"That's awesome!"
4
WNBA star Bird
5
"The Good" witch
6
Puerto ___
7
UFO pilots, probably
8
Assign fault
9
Choosing
10
Prepares to change lanes (hopefully!)
11
Number that is neither prime nor composite
12
Keanu's role in "The Matrix"
14
"Alas!"
15
Process of making meaning of data
17
Stop listening
21
Onomatopoetic word for a water balloon collision
23
Creature also known as a "moonfish"
25
Regret
26
To date
29
Presentation featuring a moderator and several speakers
30
Surprising plot development
33
Haziest
35
Words before "set a timer for ten minutes," perhaps
38
Off
39
Kiss, to a Brit
40
Six-pack contents
41
Simple sandwich, for short
42
Undergraduate setting
45
Where a power window might be found
47
Stiff and awkward
49
Closed off
51
Closely examine
52
Places to look for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
54
Flip over
56
Catcher's necessity
58
Loser of a fabled race
60
Hoagie
61
www.asbh.org, e.g.
62
Closest pal (Abbr.)
63
Degree for a corporate exec
Out of Office – September 2024
