PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Not for 5 Construction girder 10 Did laps 14 Kansas field 15 Prefix with “graphy” 16 Country singer McCann 17 Bamboozled 19 All aflutter 20 Twists together 21 Hull areas 23 Tiny amounts of work 24 Flynn of old Hollywood 25 Wash, rinse and spin 28 They make assertions 31 Counts, nowadays 32 Muslim magistrates ( var.) 33 ___ de Janeiro 34 “Famous” cookie maker 35 “American Idol” contestant Clay 36 Health store offering 37 Do some stitching 38 Take in, as trousers 39 Bridge guarder of folklore 40 Dignifies 42 Disgraces 43 Corresponds logically 44 “Maalox moment” cause 45 Veep before Biden 47 “H. M. S. Pinafore,” for one 51 “Black ___ Down” 52 Graduation garb 54 Away from the salty spray 55 Danger signal 56 Opposed to, in “Li’l Abner” 57 Let the cat out of the bag 58 Colors slightly 59 Book unit

DOWN

1 Need liniment 2 Time for lunch, often 3 Palomino’s pace 4 Exists as an activating force 5 Sweet frostings 6 Afflictions 7 Bullwinkle’s cousins 8 Beverage more bitter than beer 9 Bit of skull contents 10 A way to ski 11 Latitude 12 Burn soothing plant 13 Things in waiting rooms, briefly 18 Does some electrical work 22 Pupil surrounder 24 Oldest 25 “Cut it out!” 26 Chinese official’s residence 27 Most prized asset 28 Dessert menu items 29 Lock, stock and barrel? 30 Many may be saved 32 Windy- day toys 35 Homeless feline 36 Commerce imbalance 38 French clergyman 39 Base near home 41 Made a piggish remark? 42 Flower shop emanations 44 Detached 45 Have a conversation 46 Angel’s topper 47 Word on a store sign 48 Loose garment 49 Branch offshoot 50 “Green Gables” girl 53 “Open sesame” speaker