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Crossword: Scientific Literacy

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The blank of the Vol. 144 Issue 19 crossword, Scientific Literacy.
Charlotte Myers–The Tech
10754 scientific literacy %282%29 solution
The solution of the Vol. 144 Issue 19 crossword, Scientific Literacy.
Charlotte Myers–The Tech

This is a themed lightly challenging puzzle constructed by Charlotte Myers and edited by Manaal Mohammed. Play the online version here.

Across
1    Disobey the Hippocratic oath  
7    Chinese chicken general  
10    Simply must  
15    Way to go  
16    Campaigned  
17    "The Jungle" author  
18    Is christened  
20    TLC toddler accessory  
21    Cartographer's favorite novel?  
23    Lloyd, of women's soccer renown  
26    Communist command  
27    Temporal unit for Swifties  
28    World Heritage Site org.  
30    Woodchuck, for one  
33    Shareable doc format  
34    "The Hobbit" protagonist  
39    Taunt  
40    Mammalogist's favorite novel?  
44    Pakistani politician Khan  
46    Consumed  
47    The cruelest mth., according to T.S. Eliot  
50    Nincompoop  
52    A high point of 54-down  
55    Cleopatra killer  
56    Consequence of grade inflation  
61    Literacy declaration  
62    Network engineer's favorite novel?  
66    Eagle's nest  
67    Well-spoken  
71    "Paradise Lost" protagonist  
72    Disfigure  
73    "Wednesday" actress  
74    Romantic rendezvous  
75    Ant. counterpart in a thesaurus  
76    "It's My Party" singer Gore  

Down
1    Actor Daniel ___ Kim  
2    Spermatozoa counterpart  
3    Nautical pronoun  
4    Chronicles  
5    Run-down, euphemistically  
6    Worm variety  
7    One man's treasure  
8    "The Metamorphosis" protagonist  
9    Daylight savings saving, briefly  
10    Tutsi rival  
11    One character in 62-across  
12    Make a scene?  
13    Those who mess with the bull  
14    Scheduled  
19    Lil ___ X  
22    In your wildest dreams?  
23    Chalice  
24    Yes follower  
25    Group founded by Ross Perot in 1995  
29    ___-Wan Kenobi  
31    Bill gate?  
32    "The Pioneer Woman" host Drummond  
35    What the world will end in, according to some  
36    "Glee" Michelle  
37    Chiropterologist fascination  
38    __ and only  
41    Galaxy descriptor, according to Star Wars  
42    6, telephonically speaking  
43    Building blocks, to a geneticist  
44    Broke a leg?  
45    Originate an eggcorn  
48    Mendel's fascination  
49    The favorite color of 13-down  
51    In Excelsis ___  
53    The lesser-known Curie  
54    Kepler's fascinations  
57    Building blocks, to a chemist  
58    Deviate  
59    Pine  
60    Puerto Rico hrs.  
63    Narrow inlets  
64    Quitting time?  
65    Steel ___  
68    Animation frame  
69    But a number  
70    Produce 2-down