PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Cooler heads

prevail with it? 7 School

bake- sale org. 10 State of deep unconsciousness 14 Wild, dangerous and fierce 15 Fierce sea

monster 16 Composer’s

work 17 “Signing off” 19 What the smaller portion is 20 Bias or Deighton 21 Delicate, sparkly crown 22 Move to

the music 23 Prefix with “approve” or “respect” 24 Fish more slippery than many 25 Checkout machine inits., sometimes 27 Nowhere near

here 28 Man mentioned in Genesis 30 Print type,

briefly 32 Thing’s housemate 33 “I made a mistake,” slangily 36 Causes to accept gradually 38 Like the Mile High City, obviously 41 Thermal graphics machine 42 Main song, on

old 45s 43 Indian bread

( var.) 44 Warbling

sound 46 Botanical seed

cover 50 Part of a

savings plan 51 Schoolyard

game 52 Board info

inside LAX 55 Phrase before

“king” or “carte” 56 Diacritical

mark 58 Suspicious 60 Orioles and

Cardinals org. 61 “Would ___ to you?” (“Believe me!”) 62 Filling a drink that’s not empty 64 Voice above a

tenor 65 Seek to win one’s affections 66 Small cap with

a propeller 67 Legendary actress Myrna and others 68 Defunct spy

org. 69 Great house with lots of land

DOWN

1 Beloved

of Tristan 2 Miner’s worry 3 “Be that as it

may” 4 Kind of code or

chart 5 Marble

variety 6 Aladdin’s

benefactor 7 Far from

wealthy 8 Classroom noshow 9 Play a part 10 Concession stand beverage 11 “Begin shooting!” 12 Sweet wine 13 States with

conviction 18 Cowboys are

popular there 22 Hummed in a

dull manner 26 Con carne dish 29 Atmospheric

pollution 31 Perfect in

all ways 34 Hollywood actress Mimieux 35 Legendary

Yankee Yogi 37 The eyes have

it, really 38 Texas city 39 Triteness or

staleness 40 Out like a light for the night 41 Any part of

JFK? 45 Frozen

quarters 47 Quimby of kid

lit 48 What clothes that are too big or too small are 49 Expense for those in chem class 53 Crow or Navajo, e. g. 54 Force units 57 God, in Portuguese 59 Long

narrative poem 62 Dual

number? 63 Slangy

machine gun