Puzzle 4 - Themeless #3

Another themeless on the menu this week. I need to find a way to mess with the website theme so that it doesn't mess up the link formatting unless I type here.

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• I think this one will be...3.5/5 for difficulty? Tough to say.
• 33-Across, the seed entry, is ludicrously catchy. It came on one day while painting and has been stuck in my head for the past month.
• I learned a lot of science & biology writing clues. 40-Across and 13-Down were fun to research, and I got sucked into Wikipedia for a good hour reading about wolves for 33-Down.
• This Saturday's Universal puzzle is mine, it's good, go check it out in a few days!
• I leave you with a gorgeous picture of Spokane. I quite like it here :)