ACROSS

1. Bloom

4. Renewal of interest

11. Diva's song

12. Lyrical poem

13. Partner of either

14. Half a dance?

16. Radium symbol

19. Showy, bell-shaped flowers

21. Protectors from a drizzle

22. Em follower

23. Something hatching

25. Exists

26. Peruse

28. Mess hall food

30. Merriment

31. Sharp pain from a bee

32. CBD source

34. Comes after heave

35. That thing

37. High time?

39. Certain cup-shaped flower

42. Place to work things out?

44. What bug and nugget have in common

46. Vernal _______

48. Elegance of manner

49. Utterance of hesitation

51. ER worker

53. Spider's creation

55. Particular radiating light

57. Underwriter's Laboratory, shortened

59. Beginning

60. Short for purchase order

61. Indian lute

63. Solitary

64. More than a breeze

66. Mrs. Kettle

67. ____ well that ends well

69. Springtime bird

70. Certain sequence of changes (2 wds)

71. Symbol for tin

DOWN

1. Monarch, for one

2. Water partner

3. Spring mo.

4. Artificial intelligence, shortened

5. Heating up

6. Boxing initials

7. Trim the sides of the lawn

8. SW opposite

9. Negative reply

10. The _____ is always greener…

14.Seasonal tidying: Spring _______

15. ____sight is 20/20

17. Certain six-packs (abbr)

18. Colorful plant parts

20. Spring, for one

24. No pain, no ____

27. Europium symbol

28. Particular hatchling

29. I see...

33. Light colors of spring

34. It's where the heart is

36. Between la and do

38. Expression of dismay

39. One with habits

40. Time past

41. New plant

43. Change direction

45. Delivery result?

47. Rev up, for example

50. Horse handle?

52. Place for future fliers?

54. College respite: Spring _____

55. Sea or nut ending

56. Sweetie; darling

58. Young sheep

62. Precipitation

65. Night opposite

68. Yes, to Pedro

69. About (abbr)

A Custom Crossword by Gail Marie Beckman