ACROSS
1. System consisting of the heart, lungs, and blood vessels
12. Contains many songs performed at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show
13. Declaration in a game of tag
14. Scandinavian rug
15. Enzyme that helps muscles produce energy, abbr.
16. Nonprofit that recruits college grads into education, abbr.
19. Cancer in the neuroendocrine system, abbr.
20. 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
23. Film featuring a balloon-powered house
24. Mythological guardian of Crete
26. Vital organs are ___ in the ribs
28. Lined with trees
29. Pulse you can palpate on your neck
31. Empathize
32. Italian composer of the Baroque era
33. Lassos used by the early Mexican vaqueros
35. Where to hang a hat?
36. Utah ski resort
37. Fake
38. The Walking Dead actor Steven
39. Medical symbol that represents neutrality and impartiality
40. Chief Keef nickname
41. Type of antidepressant
42. Greek god of war
44. Marsh plant
47. Lord Shiva is regarded as the first of these
50. Food and nutrition expert, abbr.
52. Spot in the Senate
53. Guinness of Star Wars
54. PRN means ___ needed
55. Casual greetings
57. Capital of Maryland
61. Genetic messenger
62. First aid method for treating injuries, abbr.
64. Discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons
65. History, abbr.
66. SNL alum Cheri
68. Most common type of heart disease, abbr.
69. Extremely bright stars
70. Northernmost country in Africa
73. Pieces of partly burned coal or wood
75. Featured dishes
76. “Go ahead and try!”
DOWN
1. Republican U.S. issue advocacy and lobbying firm in Washington, D.C.
2. First three letters of a study tool used by medical students (also ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic for life, minus the letter “h”)
3. Prescription, abbr.
4. Career after nursing school, abbr.
5. Long, long time
6. Exam in medical school
7. Center of an avocado
8. Horror movie featuring a clown
9. Where surgeries are performed, abbr.
10. Street Fighter protagonist
11. Talks incessantly
16. Sheet music notations for guitarists
17. Suggest something tentatively
18. Major artery
20. Comedian and podcaster Marc
21. Flatters in order to boost self-esteem
22. Like “heart of gold” for kindness
24. The opposite of 28-across
25. ___ Candies (California-based chocolate brand)
26. Foe of Caesar
27. Pathology focus
28. Orderly arrangements
30. Doctrines
34. Capital of a country famous for its cosmetic procedures
43. Timber diseases
45. Posse
46. Sicilian volcano
47. Where chemotherapy was pioneered
48. Aglio e ___
49. For experimental purposes
51. Throw a party grandly
54. Aziz of Parks and Recreation
56. Part of an act
58. Blood ___ concentration, abbr.
59. “La Vie en Rose” singer
60. Vintage
61. Metal fastener
63. Prince in The Little Mermaid
65. Today co-host Kotb
67. Grammar best-seller Woe ___ ___
69. Direction opposite of SSW
71. Hawkeye state
72. Soft and malleable metal, abbr.
73. Essential mineral stored in bones, abbr.
74. Method of delivering fluids through a needle, abbr.
