Ten Minute Sabbatical

1. Intervertebral cushion
5. Broadcast from a squad car, for short
8. Attachment of an infant’s mouth during breastfeeding
13. Really digging
14. March Madness org.
15. Slender, edible mushroom
16. Type of programmed cell death that is evaded by cancer cells
18. Glucose test unit
19. Feeds, as a baby mammal
20. Some plays in badminton or tennis: 2 words
22. Gene that, when mutated, can cause ataxia telangiectasia
23. End of a root branch
25. Suffix in the names of sugars
26. With 44-Across, genomic hallmark of cancer associated with DNA loss
31. Topic for debate
34. Item used to mount insect specimens
35. Nickname for the Field Museum’s T.Rex skeleton
37. Flower bud used as a flavorful garnish
38. Special treatment, for short
39. Country that’s home to the Amami rabbit
41. Paleozoic, Mesozoic, or Cenozoic
42. Chicken ___ king: 2 words
43. Come next
44. See 26-Across
49. Delighted exclamation
50. Seargent’s superiors
51. Solemn promise
54. What an atmospheric purifier provides: 2 words
59. Cannabis ___
61. “Filthy” money
62. Cellular structures that enable replicative immortality in cancer cells
64. Cause a mutation in, perhaps
65. Panache
66. Monthly expense for a tenant
67. Walks with a heavy step
68. Oncogene that regulates expression of ~15 percent of human genes
69. Smelling apparatus

1. Roman equivalent of Artemis
2. Enter, as data
3. Atmospheric disturbance
4. Police officers, informally
5. Organization for practitioners of the “central science”
6. Result of nociception
7. Cytosine, for one
8. Not as much
9. Patriotic song
10. Bull, by another name
11. Proto-oncogene involved in mast cell development
12. Joints in mammals, or fruits from roses
14. Military denial: 2 words
17. Connection between a neutrophil and endothelium
21. Talking-___ (reprimands)
24. Opener on some soda cans
26. Signal’s passive counterpart
27. Inverse of kilo-
28. Available for work if needed: 2 words.
29. Egyptian cobras
30. Party at which kalua pig might be served
31. Glacier’s makeup
32. Wedding garment, often
33. Life ___ (measure of longevity) 36. Hydrocarbon suffix
39. Habitat for some pelagic fish
40. One or more
45. Flew like an osprey
46. Powders used in printers
47. Exclamation when solving a puzzle
48. Exclamation before starting a fight: 2 words
51. Yellow-throated songbird
52. Appliances that might be used for sterilization
53. Guano, to bats
54. Thunderbolt’s sound
55. Quiet period
56. Prefix similar to exo-
57. Agenda component
58. Depend (on) 60. Seabird with a forked tail
63. Insect’s protective secretion