PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Keg spigot 4 Window parts 9 Musical exercise 14 Valuable rock 15 Move very gradually 16 Huge ship 17 Major network 18 Crew member 19 Express audibly 20 Totally prepared 23 Crime committed with bad lighting? 24 Pizza fractions, often 28 Court figure, briefly 32 Honeybunch alternative 33 Parenthesis, essentially 36 Mixtures or medleys 38 Akin to 39 Apt end to a peaceful day 43 ___- bodied 44 Ogre’s lack 45 Medicos, briefly 46 One who has your home covered? 49 Device in the beauty salon 51 Section of a lyric poem 53 Cheese chunk 57 Treat for a babysitter 61 Set straight, as tires 64 Comparatively sicker 65 Kiwi’s extinct relative 66 Like Swiss cheese 67 Like some sugar units 68 Pothook shape 69 Bit of severe weather 70 Some freshwater ducks 71 “Just as I predicted!”

DOWN

1 Island nation east of Fiji 2 Ann ___, Mich. 3 River to the Rio Grande 4 City in Pennsylvania 5 Clothes presser 6 Bawdy 7 Lecherous gaze 8 Bender 9 Gunk 10 It’s tough to fight, it’s said 11 Picnic pest 12 Director Spike 13Human thing to do, it’s said 21 Cuban couple 22 Word with “first” or “band” 25 Attempted 26 Boy Scout, at times 27 Oozes 29 Certain Ivy Leaguer 30 Approaching, poetically 31 ___ and aahed 33 Some culture mediums 34 Automaton 35 Amber, for one 37 Name on a billboard 40 Visibility helper 41 ___ Lanka ( Ceylon) 42 Shop VIPs 47 Item name derived from a person 48 P on a frat house 50 Gun, as an engine 52 Pronouncement 54 Some coins 55 Barnyard honker 56 Clear a blackboard 58 Down in the dumps 59 Isle of exile for Napoleon 60 Command to a dog 61 Sounds of understanding 62 Auction offering 63 U. N. workers protection gp.