PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dreary forecast for nonfarmers 5 It starts at the

heart 10 Etna spill 14 Climactic

opening? 15 Brains’

alternative 16 Heavy lagers 17 “Great job!” 20 Cinders con

tainer 21 Camp

combustible 22 Bana of mov

ies 24 “You’re it!” 25 Take after

a tailor 26 All-purpose truck, for short 29 Straddling 31 Barnyard baby 33 Garment on

the Ganges 35 It gives the

eye color 37 Bird that soars 41 Bounty, to the

hunted 44 Make it harder

to stop? 45 Bird-feeder

contents 46 Give

temporarily 47 Not well lit 49 Cul-de-___ (dead-end roads) 51 ___ Largo 52 Psychedelic

drug, for short 55 Bro’s

counterpart 57 Soulful Chaka 59 Abnormally reduced alkalinity of the blood 62 Like a broker

going broke? 66 Environmental equilibrium 68 Russia,

inWWII 69 Remove, as a

clothespin 70 Tempests

in teapots 71 “The Untouchables” man 72 Lessens,

as pain 73 There are 100

in D.C., briefly

DOWN

1 ___ close second (barely lost) 2 Spanish

liqueur 3 It might bring you up to scratch 4 Daughter of 55-Across, to you 5 Fromthe

beginning 6 Bonanza find 7 15-ball

cluster 8 “Rockin’ Robin” refrain word 9 Coat for

extreme cold 10 Criminals

break them 11 Succulent

healing plants 12 Early sciencefiction writer Jules 13 Like a poorly

hung picture 18 Prefix with

“graph” 19 Old-timers 23 “The agony of

da feet” 26 Mail carrier’s

grp. 27 Field cover, for

short 28 Great Lakes

city 30 Hypocritically

virtuous 32 WillyWonka

creator 34 Ensured,

as victory 36 Type of pre

view 38 Carnival

oddball 39 Daily Planet

employee 40 Small

whirlpool 42 “TheWizard of

Menlo Park” 43 Artistic im

pressions? 48 Billiards blun

der? 50 Dessert maker

___ Lee 52 Father of Leah

and Rachel 53 Climb, as

a mountain 54 Certain pick

les 56 Tuscan city 58 ___ much

(less) 60 Month

sections 61 Absorbs (with

“up”) 63 Stocking

shade 64 Bodybuilders

pump it 65 “Pro”

attachment 67 Lawyer’s

charge