| BEARD | National ___ and Moustache Championships |
| AIR | D.C.'s National ___ and Space Museum |
| OCEANIC | NOAA ... US agcy. that tracks hurricanes, National ___ and Atmospheric Administration |
| SCHNAUZER | Breed of terrier with a beard and moustache (9) |
| FULLSET | Beard and moustache, as per naval requirements (4,3) |
| VANDYKE | Style of beard and moustache (3,4) |
| SAMELLIOTT | Known for his distinctive cowboy manner and moustache, he was The Stranger in 1998's The Big Lebowski (3,7) |
| ROGER | Mr Marshall, multiple British champion with a trademark black crash helmet & moustache. (5) |
| SPIRITGUM | A glue used to attach false beards and moustaches to the face (6-3) |
| MASCARA | From the Arabic for "buffoon", a cosmetic once used by clowns or by gentlemen to darken their eyebrows and moustaches, later by ladies to colour or thicken their eyelashes (7) |
| ICECREAM | Yummy words that can precede the starts of 17-, 26-, 38-, and 52- Across (and Happy National ___ Day!) |
| OPERA | Canadian National ___ (producers of "Tosca" and "Norma", e.g.) |
| TREE | The National Arbor Day Foundation is pushing for the establishment of a national ___ |
| TREASURE | National ___ , a public figure regarded with affection and seen as a cultural asset to a country (8) |
| MARITIME | National ___ Museum, institution in Greenwich that opened in 1937 and contains the AHOY! Gallery (8) |
| ACCOUNT | Bank of Jamaica oversees the national ___ systems and monitors digital payments by regulated entities |
| ICE | Introduced on National ___ Cream Day, "Brookie" is a cool, new flavor of 2022! (It's part brownie and part cookie) |
| ANTHEM | Oh, say can you see?: At the beginning of every football game, a singer stands in the center of the field and sings the national ___ |
| POETRY | April is National ___ Month! Complete the rhyme hidden in this crossword and celebrate the beauty of verse! |
| LOTTERY | Game show of the 2000s and 2010s, The National _: In It To Win It (7) |
