PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
. 1 Vanilli’s lip- synching partner . 6 Causes of bad
air days .11 Clingy seed
shell ( var.) .14 Chinese or
Filipino .15 Not in the
same place .16 Geisha’s waist
tie .17 Plaything that gets blamed for everything? .19 Like the virgin in “Silent Night” .20 Common street- lining tree .21 Almost sing .22 Melancholy .23 Street lighter of
old .27 Taps in the
kitchen .29 Necessity for a rock guitarist .30 Signals to those waiting in the wings .32 Succeed with a
pitch .33 One way to
write 1,002 .34 Standing
straight .36 Fizzy drinks .39 Old burner
used in labs .41 Shortstop’s
wild throw, e. g. .43 Sorvino who won an Oscar .44 Brings into
harmony .46 Some blown
instruments .48 Grade A thing .49 Mischievous little rascals .51 It may take a bow .52 Bitterly regret .53 Like many basements in the ’ 80s .56 Student
assignments? .58 Toupee,
in slang .59 Palindromic name among artists .60 Earlier in time,
a long time ago .61 Any ballshaped object .62 Source of a neighbor’s child’s envy? .68 Chinese chairman, once .69 Coffee go- with,
sometimes .70 GeorgeW.’ s first
lady .71 Cleverly crafty .72 Puts a picture
on a wall .73 What a ticket
permits, often
DOWN
. 1 Gaping
pie- hole . 2 Suffix meaning “approximately” . 3 33- Across
minus 950 . 4 Place for a pin . 5 Positioned correctly . 6 “___ Antonio
Rose” . 7 Car’s rate
of speed . 8 Mild ones are
not obscene . 9 Clusters or
bunches .10 Flummoxes or
baffles .11 Participants in
a play war? .12 World war sub .13 Thick fruit skins .18 Put in prison, in
law .23 Things people
play .24 Good
relations .25 Lad in a revolving door? .26 Members of
nobility .28 Grab ( with
“onto”) .31 Extremely
gaunt one .35 Poisonous .37 Dispute .38 Ones known
for wisdom .40 Company with Wile E. Coyote’s address .42 Something tested with a little hammer .45 Weird,
irregular stain .47 Frighten .50 Mexican Mrs. .53 High school
galas .54 Ear- or
hearing- related .55 Elder
statesman .57 Car with plenty
of room .63 Hound about
trivial things .64 Ambulance
letters .65 What you are when caught off base .66 Boston’s Bobby, the hockey legend .67 Small amount
of sun