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Across
  1. 3. one of a handful of NBA teams not ending in s
  2. 9. one of eight campus student houses (and best?)
  3. 13. Potassium-rich fruit that is slightly radioactive when decaying
  4. 15. Prior to 1976, Caltech’s football team played part of its home schedule at a venue students referred to as “the largest number of empty seats in the nation"
  5. 17. mastermind of the triangle offense _______ Winter
  6. 18. _________ Propulsion Laboratory
  7. 19. Rose Bowl’s home team, for short
  8. 21. home gym of Caltech men’s hoops
  9. 22. Caltech’s academic calendar runs on this system
  10. 27. Caltech mascot’s moniker, or noted Caltech alum
  11. 28. essential principle of quantum mechanics first introduced in 1801 by the English physicist Thomas Young
  12. 30. Observatory housing the famous 200-inch Hale Telescope
  13. 31. when repeated, rapid movement of the feet, or a demand for fast service
  14. 33. SAT word meaning flagrant or extreme
  15. 34. acronym given to Caltech’s theater arts program
  16. 35. Whitman College’s literary-minded mascot
  17. 37. description of tangled hair, or how a surfer might describe great waves
  18. 39. Engineers of Cambridge, for short
  19. 40. reaction to a hot stove, or a hard cut
  20. 41. middle name of Lakers’ No. 24, or a popular Chicago Instagram location
  21. 46. the ocean’s Plankton, seaweed, and other photosynthesizers produce more than half of the world’s this
  22. 48. Caltech chemistry and chemical engineering lab
  23. 49. city where Coach Doc was born and lived until HS age
  24. 50. an official color of Caltech
  25. 51. conference home to La Verne and Cal Lutheran
  26. 55. the gender more likely to be colorblind
  27. 56. renowned Caltech program, _____ Astronomy
  28. 57. not the entrance
  29. 59. Modern slang for “sort of” or “kind of”: _____ key
  30. 63. purveyor of carnitas bowls and chicken burritos
  31. 66. maker of fancy handbags, or the less expensive seating area on an airplane
  32. 67. Founder of Caltech
  33. 68. campus seller of coffee and snacks with a colorful name
  34. 69. current Sacramento pro whose father played in the NBA, and for USSR
  35. 70. concern for Seismo Labs, casually
  36. 71. China has a great one, and Caltech men’s hoops can too
  37. 72. NBA’s all-time leader in threes, casually
  38. 74. ______ and feather
  39. 76. to bring a lunch, for instance, or a group of wolves
Down
  1. 1. Caltech’s student-to-teacher one is 3:1
  2. 2. the clubhouse, formerly
  3. 4. one famous example includes t-shirts passed out that read “Because Not Everyone Can Go To Caltech”
  4. 5. Former Oregon Duck Ionescu
  5. 6. pressure on the ball, or 1995 heist movie with DeNiro and Pacino
  6. 7. former Buck, Celtic and Heat sharpshooter born Walter
  7. 8. CBS sitcom with Caltech as a backdrop, with “The”
  8. 10. Honorific for Caltech basketball coach, or what Bugs Bunny calls you
  9. 11. ______ Meridian (astronomical instrument)
  10. 12. 2023 NBA No. 1 draft pick, casually
  11. 14. Eminent Caltech physics professor and author of popular science texts such as Six Easy Pieces
  12. 16. Toronto raptor high-flier who was a drum major and volleyball star in high school
  13. 20. one of eight campus student houses (and best?)
  14. 22. Elementary particle
  15. 23. The Flying _____ (Mighty Ducks offensive set)
  16. 24. ________ Walk (pedestrian and bicycle thoroughfare)
  17. 25. namesake of famous Pasadena museum and library, or part of the name of James’ hometown
  18. 26. raise awareness of, or deep corner of the basketball court
  19. 27. elastic exercise tool, or wads of cash
  20. 28. NASA's _______ Space Telescope
  21. 29. one of eight of Caltech’s student houses (and best?)
  22. 32. NASA’s problem?
  23. 35. TSA _____-Check
  24. 36. famous name in science, or bagels
  25. 38. One of five in a Shakespeare play
  26. 40. campus cafe, or synonym of wide
  27. 42. Einstein theory
  28. 43. a throw from the mound, or a Coach Doc basketball term
  29. 44. initiate a poker hand, or a screen
  30. 45. a quick acceleration, or a sprint up the court in transition
  31. 47. one of three co-existing states of matter of a Triple Point, or Triple Boil
  32. 52. Pasadena’s largest employer, casually
  33. 53. caltech’s faculty club has this Greek-inspired name
  34. 54. Architectural design style seen widely on campus, Spanish _______
  35. 58. a mythical horned animal, or a modern description of rare basketball talent
  36. 59. Pro hoops franchise originally of Minneapolis
  37. 60. Figure it out (this clue)
  38. 61. _______ Flav
  39. 62. they’ll pull you over in the 101, or the 134, or anywhere in CA
  40. 64. One part of the 110 Rivalry, for short
  41. 65. the first timeout of this kind occurs on or after the 16:00 of a D-III college basketball game
  42. 67. fictional Iron Man of Caltech
  43. 69. number of Nobel Laureates currently at Caltech
  44. 73. NBA champ from Spain who went to medical school
  45. 75. abode for a beaver