NORTH & SOUTH POLES

ACROSS

1. Impromptu (2 words)

6. Chop

9. Little bit, in Cancun

13. Luffa, alt. sp.

14. The day before

15. Rn, a health hazard

16. Surveyor’s maps

17. Black gunk

18. Run off, as in couple

19. *Mount ____, Earth’s southernmost active volcano

21. *Antarctica – world’s largest ____

23. A Bobbsey twin

24. Not to be broken?

25. Eyeball shape

28. Minimal distortion

30. *Polar bear, a ____ mammal

35. Goldfish or koi

37. Memorial Day solo

39. Red-dot pointer, e.g.

40. Purse to match a gown

41. *Amundsen-____ South Pole Station

43. Hipbones

44. Letter H, phonetically speaking

46. Biblical twin

47. Frog delicacy

48. Intellectual

50. Novice or beginner

52. CafÈ alternative

53. You, in bygone era

55. Ciao, in the U.S.

57. *____ Nast, imagined Santa at North Pole

60. *The largest lake near South Pole

63. Hotel room option

64. *Barents or Laptev

66. Blackfin and bluefin

68. Remove location from digital map

69. Paul Simon’s former partner

70. Swelling

71. Monster’s loch

72. An affirmative

73. Button on electrical outlet

DOWN

1. Mountain peak

2. Pineapple producer

3. Gray-haired

4. As a rule

5. The Clash: “Rock the ____”

6. Answer to “Shall we?”

7. Female gametes

8. Lost, in Marseille

9. Opposite of sun-kissed

10. Deodorant’s target

11. Native Egyptian, in Roman times

12. *How many sunsets in a year on either pole?

15. Close again, as in envelope

20. Yards and miles, e.g.

22. “Slippery” tree

24. Quick and clever reply

25. *North Pole “base”

26. Fraction, e.g.

27. Beastly person

29. Front of the head

31. Not top-shelf

32. Part of archipelago

33. Sound like Secretariat

34. Clear the whiteboard

36. Ancient Briton

38. Dog command

42. Supercharger

45. Glen Powell’s 2023 role, pl. (2 words)

49. Cuban dance step

51. Half-shell delicacy

54. English homework

56. Chopin’s composition

57. Ad jingle, e.g.

58. Shakira’s don’t lie

59. Milo’s adventurous canine friend

60. Giant kettles

61. Change for a five

62. Glacier’s deposit

63. *Midnight ____, opposite of polar night

65. Old-fashioned “before”

67. Aptitude test, acr.