PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Make fun
of playfully 5 Scene of any
event 10 ___ vera 14 Type of exam 15 Our planet 16 Withered
from heat 17 Two hot
things 20 Sci- fi
beam 21 Water
feature? 22 “Ant- Man” star
Paul 25 Hightails it 26 Rx overseer 29 Canvas over
the infield 31 Declines to
participate 35 Elbow locale 36 Halloween
option 38 Like a mechanic’s hands, sometimes 39 Two hot
things 43 Company
emblem 44 Pointedly
avoids 45 Goings- on,
old- style 46 Period pieces? 49 Beatnik’s applause 50 Certainly wasn’t a follower 51 Movie
“Citizen” 53 Class with the old joke, “What’s your sine?” 55 Refurbish 58 Works for, as a
living 62 Three hot
things 65 Large pot supported with several hands 66 Swelling,
in botany 67 Adeptness 68 Winged
stinger 69 TV program you saw before 70 Shredded cabbage side dish
DOWN
1 Droopy cheek 2 Part of
an opera 3 Good chums 4 Sr. compared
to Jr. 5 Neckpiece of
Hawaii 6 Blade
making waves 7 All hands
on deck? 8 Say stuff 9 Grew like
a weed 10 Property tax
estimator 11 Formal response to “Shall we?” 12 Mine
bonanzas 13 Auction
finale? 18 Tutti-___ 19 O’Neill classic,
“___ Christie” 23 Save socks, in
a way 24 Sediment at
the bottom 26 Short moral
story 27 Lose
tautness 28 Friend in
Mexico 30 Puts in
hock 32 Plant fiber used in ropemaking 33 Escape capture from 34 Church council 37 Say “Nyah,
nyah” to, e. g. 40 Manner of marching in file 41 Skier’s lifting
aid 42 Detects at
a distance 47 Opposite
of love 48 Nighttime
noise- maker 52 Waste away
from weather 54 Fence openings 55 Sofer of
the soaps 56 Patronizes
a diner 57 “How can I ___ thank you?” 59 Not imagined 60 Apollo
organization 61 Duck variety 62 “Hee ___” 63 Aussie bird with a powerful kick 64 Palindromic
Bobbsey