PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Just a bit
of color 6 Sailboat spar 11 “A Christmas Carol” comment 14 Beautify 15 Man standing
on a board 16 Wedders’
declaration 17 Like many mountain summits 19 Alley ___ ( basketball highlight) 20 Letter getter 21 Not even
a min. 22 Fair piece
of land 23 Apparel 25 Gate lockers 27 Painters’ com
petitors 31 Canape spread 32 Flightless
Australian bird 33 Be gone with
the wind 34 One with no stable address 37 The four years of a U. S. president 39 Reluctant, old
school 42 Make someone clench a fist 43 Montreal team
no more 45 Not this
or those 47 That’s my boy,
really 48 Laundry quan
tity 50 Makes toothed
edges in 52 Writing tool 55 Notable parts of history 56 Sounds from
the awestruck 57 Extinct New
Zealand bird 59 Amount eaten 63 Cosmetics overseeing agcy. 64 It conceals one’s actual plans 66 Woodshaving device ( var.) 67 What some
trees exude 68 Like mature
cornstalks 69 Bread type 70 “Fame” singer
Cara 71 Feeds,
as pigs
DOWN
1 Some Xs, in a
simple game 2 Doing
nothing 3 Lunch time, for many 4 It’s unhealthy to hold one 5 Makes beloved 6 Mudbath
locale 7 Five spots on a
five- spot 8 Chase away, as
bugs 9 Shrinking
polar covering 10 A famous Wil
liams 11 A studier of living organisms 12 Think the
world of 13 Has
aspirations 18 Quick
morning meal 22 Oscar
hopeful 24 Con ___ ( vig
orously) 26 Thing acquired by many beachgoers 27 Much is done
for his sake? 28 NYSE rival 29 Jimi Hendrix
classic 30 Blind parts 35 Cosmetic addi
tive 36 Some animal
shelters 38 The two
of Mars 40 Quaker’s “you” 41 Emmylou
or Franco 44 ___ fly
( RBI getter) 46 Mediums’
states 49 Certain light
switch 51 Having star
quality? 52 At this point 53 Hot alcoholic
drink 54 Baggy 58 Sharing a fam
ily tree 60 Sleek, for short 61 “___ up the
good work!” 62 Partner of
odds 64 ___ Lanka 65 Opposite
of WSW