ACROSS

1 Step away, briefly
7 Surgical procedure popularized by Kim Kardashian
10 Spoken in España
12 Johnson’s Great Society initiative dedicated to elder welfare
13 Latin “to snatch;” origin of the word “rapture”
14 Sesame Street’s red resident, almost
16 Hurts
17 Anime nerd
18 Wisenheimer, more commonly
22 _____ form; the earliest known writing system
25 Commonly referred to as the universal blood type
26 Found on the arm of many a soccer mom
28 Initially, its signature ingredient was cocaine
29 Sunscreen index
32 Earthy pigment
34 Typically found in the back of the choir
36 Interchangeable with a scoff or tisk
37 City in North Carolina; the “Lost Colony”
39 Oftentimes, half of a honeymoon pair
40 Embraced

DOWN
1 Such as Hercules or Odysseus
2 Caesar’s famous declaration: “I came;” “____ ;” “I conquered.”
3 Software programs
4 Also known as the Daic Languages
5 Shouted when you have one card left
6 Very
7 Where Thursbays occurs
8 Might be found on a conversation heart
9 In the NFL, local competition for the LAC
11 Your first friend at Trinity, maybe
15 Stationary brand that invented the planner
17 State north of OR, west of ID
18 A señora’s counterpart
19 Where one might be dunked on their birthday
20 In chemistry, linear orbital
21 In relation to San Antonio, the location of Corpus Christi
22 Fastest-growing degree field, abbreviated
23 Home of the Longhorns
24 Found in Coates every Wednesday
27 Company behind Sims 4 and Madden
29 Make out, in British slang
30 Translates to “cut into chunks” in Hawaiian
31 George’s counterpart in the Harry Potter series
32 “Wow!”
33 Flat-iron brand
34 Greek letter that follows sigma
35 Course that often involves literature, on one’s transcript
38 Exclamation of surprise