PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Little salamander 5 Atan impasse 10 Poker variety 14 Jazz players are found here 15 Asian capital 16 Voicemail signal 17 No ___ Traffic 18 Iron ___ ( rust) 19 Jessica of TV and film 20 Jimmy Buffett classic song 23 Hurricane heading, sometimes 24 Small cyst 25 Born to the purple 27 Columbus’ birthplace 29 Third letter of the Greek alphabet 33 Had a bite 34 Tonic’s go- with 36 Not to 37 “It’s OK after all” in editing 38 Bond’s bar order 42 Pitchfork point 43 Ford product 44 Utter 45 Anti- apartheid party, for short 46 Colonist to be shunned 48 Send in, as payment 52 False cover 54 Strange craft 56 Folk- rocker DiFranco 57 Classic song by the Eagles 62 Indigenous people of Japan 63 It may be found in runes 64 Dignified “Shucks!” 65 It’s fed to computers 66 Prepare to propose 67 Maitre d’s offering 68 Hot- sauce quality 69 Poet William Butler 70 Get ready for the operating room

DOWN

1 Eggnog spice 2 Natural gas component 3 Beatty of “Reds” 4 Goon squad member 5 Driftwood site 6 Arduous 7 Any police vehicle 8 Ending passage in music 9 Ukrainian capital 10 No longer fresh 11 Tunnel-entrance structure 12 Without a single defeat 13 Org. with a crack staff? 21 Lie in store for 22 Rolled- over item 26 Replayed tennis shot 28 Folklore fiend 30 All excited 31 Bride’s title 32 Hardness scale 35 Pleasant to be around 37 Scottish terrier 38 Small details 39 Those who lived long ago 40 Toddler’s afternoon ritual 41 Golden- calf maker 42 “You’re it!” 46 Romanian currency 47 Variety of apple 49 Protective envelope 50 Certifiable 51 Snarls, as traffic 53 Baseball catcher’s position 55 Gasoline and kerosene, for two 58 Like a squid’s squirt 59 “The ___ Ranger” 60 Rug stat 61 Highway exit 62 Wood finishing tool