PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What China and Mongolia do 5 Eliminates

a debt 9 Metal door

fasteners 14 Type of eagle

or Ranger 15 Hog vittles 16 Home made from white blocks 17 Figurative

albatross 18 Like immature

grapes 19 Thwarts 20 Who went to market for the baby boy? 23 Col. Hannibal Smith and the boys 24 Necklace of

flowers 25 “Very

interesting ...” 27 Cover for a

bald spot 28 Food for baby 31 Quieted

with meds 34 Come clean? 36 Once-___ ( quick examinations) 37 Fire truck’s VIP? 40 Some common cookies 42 Bats’ navigational tool 43 Least strong 46 Take down a

___ ( humble) 47 Be a

competitor 50 Hallucinatory

tab 51 Stew morsel,

sometimes 53 Choice in

roulette 55 Statement from a jealous, skeptical cap? 60 Like many action- film heroes 61 Stick below

decks 62 Shivery fever 63 Garden bug 64 Ireland,

affectionately 65 Gin- and- tonic

garnish 66 Very small 67 Operation

reminder 68 Give the

appearance of

DOWN

1 Hilo

greetings 2 Tuna’s smaller relative 3 Still shrinkwrapped on the shelf 4 Electric car maker 5 “Look over here” sound 6 What little

things mean 7 “___ be sorry!” 8 Shoppers’

binges 9 Audiophile’s purchase some decades ago 10 Eagerly inter

ested 11 Not as

substantial 12 What anything plastic is 13 Distress mes

sage 21 Uncompromis

ing situation? 22 Kind of chart 26 Medical drama

VIPs 29 Strapped on

the feedbag 30 ___ Beta

Kappa 32 Queen mother,

e. g. 33 Swear to

be true 34 Starter for “binding” or “making” 35 Nine

consonants? 37 Pain in the

butt, ironically 38 Champagne

opening sound 39 U2 hit 40 Pussycat’s mate on a boat 41 Play with Play

Doh 44 Place to

muddy up 45 Grammar top

ics 47 Broccoli or lettuce, informally 48 Really get into

a plot? 49 Treasure highly 52 Top floor of

many homes 54 Common lab

containers 56 Not needing to

diet 57 Buffalo Bill’s

last name 58 Repeated, it’s a Polynesian island 59 Still- life pitcher 60 Surface for some exercises