crossword puzzle

ACROSS 1 White-tailed sea eagle 4 Refastens 9 Madagascar franc (abbr.) 12 Howl 14 River 15 Actor Alda 16 Too 17 Building addition 18 Lapu-____ 19 Cereal plant 21 School group 22 Wood cutting tools 23 Queen City of the South 25 Acorns 27 Short for Pamela 29 Missouri (abbr.) 30 Deoxyribonucleic acid (abbr.) 31 Dickens’ Tiny __ 34 Arkansas 35 Goddess 38 Nicaraguan revolutionary leader 40 See ya! 42 Compass point 44 Sore spot 45 Blind woman Helen 48 Hippopotamus’ nickname 51 Dorothy’s destination 52 South southeast 53 Precious stone 55 New England state (abbr.) 56 Collection of animals 57 High fidelity sound system 58 Body of water 60 Duos 62 Dekameter 64 Reel 67 Skip 68 Soup container 70 On 72 Cab 73 San __ 75 Granary 76 Stale 77 Force up a tree 78 Learn by reading DOWN 1 Epoch 2 Candy brand 3 Space administration 4 Arbiter 5 Compass point 6 Duo 7 Land surrounded by water 8 New Jersey’s neighbor 9 Blemish 10 Travel guides 11 African antelope 13 Reserve Officers Training Corps 15 An expression 20 Very large truck 21 Plutonium (abbr.) 22 Celebrity 24 Constrictor 26 Spanish “one” 27 Packages 28 The Ram 31 Ball holder 32 Eskimo home 33 Jewish bread 35 Pain unit 36 Northwest 37 Fire remains 39 Duo 41 Lager 43 Wisconsin (abbr.) 46 Aegis 47 Game official 49 Affirmative 50 Light red 54 Region in the air 57 North American Indian 58 Promethium (abbr.) 59 God 60 Rip 61 Covered with wax 63 Leg joint 65 Great 66 Grandfather 67 Type of partnership 68 Central daylight time 69 Physique 71 Not (prefix) 74 Appliance brand