PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Became more mature 5 Laboratory maze-runners 9 Turntable spinners 14 Not pass the bar? 15 New money in the Old World 16 Musician’s lead-in 17 Kimono closers 18 In baseball, it’s grand 19 One way to read 20 Thing Peter picked 23 Scatter seeds 24 Makeup exam 27 Fractions of quarts (Abbr.) 30 Whole number 34 Lead-in for Bravo 35 Knight covering 37 For men ___ (stag) 38 Colosseum cover-up 39 Challenges for an interviewee 42 Attract, as fish 43 Certain emanation 44 Not realized, as expectations 45 ___ out (withdraw) 46 Replace in the schedule 48 Farm pen 49 Already-aired episode 51 Noshed 53 Self-important 60 Weaken gradually 62 Short witticism 63 Local yokel 64 Solitary one 65 Large arm bone 66 Panache 67 Impolite glances 68 Heady pub beverages 69 Cigarette filter targets

DOWN

1 Situated on 2 Mongolian “place without water” 3 Towering, as a tale 4 Office manager’s purchases 5 Mended, as a garment 6 Word in a New Year’s tune 7 Word with “sand” or “speed” 8 More than a few 9 It’s changed on the bottom 10 Armof the sea, e.g. 11 Warehouse features 12 Grand ___ (wine-bottle words) 13 Grass seed alternative 21 River of Tours 22 Hunts (with “on”) 25 Seal for documents 26 Pleasantly warm 27 Sickly look 28 Company of performers 29 All-in-one device 31 Chef’s brimless hat 32 Accustom to hardship ( Var.) 33 Brief indication 36 Often lofty poem 38 Can material 40 Sci-fi’s Vader 41 “___-Frutti” (Little Richard tune) 46 On-call doctors’ devices 47 Grassy plains of Argentina 50 Kind of down 52 Well-plumed bird 54 Light greenish-blue 55 Void companion 56 Enjoy a banquet 57 Dance in a grass skirt 58 Ski lift 59 Aching desires 60 Shape of some six-sided rooms 61 Fish eggs