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