PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

. 1 Blossom’s friend, on TV . 4 Male sailor .10 Big gulp .14 Playfully modest .15 Not sage at all .16 Be sought after, in a kid’s game .17 Piercing tool .18 What either male twin on Wilshire Blvd. has? .20 “The Little Red Book” chairman .21 Like beer and some fountain drinks .22 Thing taken at a diner .23 Sanctimonious person .25 “... ___ home and native land” (“O Canada”) .26 Question of magnitude to a milliner? .31 One who works with numbers and books .34 Worshiped things 35 Nickname for Ireland .36 Business name abbr. .37 Ruler’s creation .38 Wintour and Moffo .39 Intentionally fail to include .40 Country club payments .41 Writer of flowery verses .42 Carny barker or salesperson’s delivery .43 Bad ___ ( German spa) .44 Weeping sound from a bird hybrid? .46 Combine in a blender .47 Parts of true blackjack hands .48 Recurring theme .51 Make updates to factory equipment .54 A definite article .57 What pessimists expect in random 60- second increments? .59 Molder .60 Comedy legend Dick Van ___ .61 More ridiculous and silly .62 “Stat” attachment .63 Formerly married couple 64 Abbr. title for a group of gentlemen .65 School fund- raising org.

DOWN

. 1 Con . 2 Important American caucus state . 3 Certain percussion instruments . 4 Sends in, as payments . 5 Make livid . 6 Way off base . 7 Catcher’s equipment . 8 Messy, as a hearth . 9 “Her maiden name was” word .10 Bake eggs in their shells .11 Moving air .12 Currently doing nothing .13 Drive or reverse .19 Sporting romp .24 Audible breathing sounds .25 Unknown persons .26 Diacritical mark .27 Hate and disgust .28 It’s a gas .29 Like a trident .30 A Muse .31 Sunday funny .32 Nosy Parker .33 In a suitable manner .36 Small, tight thicket of trees .38 Highest point .42 Public and private groups .44 LP player .45 More self- centered .46 Silent performers .48 Constructed .49 Banded chalcedony 50 Little nipper .51 Alphabetic symbol of yore .52 Fraternity letters or cockpit guesses .53 Boggy, swampy places .55 Owl sound .56 Lab burner of old .58 Frontal attachment for “bus” or “rod”