PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cudgel 4 Lend a hand 8 Unruly kid 12 World Cup

cheer 13 Medley 14 Zero, in ten

nis 15 Compass dir. 16 Gridlock

sound 17 Visa rival,

briefly 18 Failing to

meet a goal 21 Trigger’s rider 22 “— been

real” 23 Extemporize 26 “Psst!” 27 Piratic pota

tion 30 Quick swims 31 Bro’s sib 32 Cod cousin 33 Billboards 34 USN officers 35 Prank 36 Japanese

pond fish 37 French “yes” 38 Risking

everything 45 “Mamma

Mia” group 46 Peru’s capital 47 Snooze 48 Actor Schreiber 49 Flair 50 Salt Lake athlete 51 Head, to

Henri 52 Taxpayer IDs 53 Observe

DOWN

1 Pear type 2 Too 3 Abound 4 Mingle 5 Plaintive poem 6 Stead 7 Opium sources 8 Doldrums 9 QB Tony 10 Declare 11 Libretto 19 Eye part 20 Pigs’ digs 23 Oklahoma

city 24 Carried out 25 Vinyl records 26 That man’s 27 Knock 28 Guitar’s kin 29 Debussy’s

“La —” 31 Suppresses 32 Barber’s

concern 34 Journal 35 Havana popu

lace 36 Scoundrel 37 Money expert

Suze 38 John in “Atlas

Shrugged” 39 Theater award 40 “Yeah, right” 41 Fixes a

squeak 42 Burden 43 Winslet of

“Titanic” 44 Duel tool