PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Mysterious spaceship 4 Certain grad degree 7 Bug spray no more 10 Choose 13 More inane and ridiculous 15 By ear 17 Slightly firm, as pasta 18 Big job for a cowboy 19 Key inspiration? 20 Already alerted to 22 Theater area 23 Beach bum’s footwear 25 The many of baking soda 26 Sofa’s smaller cousin 28 Nearly hopeless 30 “Night” prefix 33 Asked too many personal questions 34 Feelings of guilt or hunger 35 Tokyo, once 36 Acidic citrus fruit 37 Moisten, as a turkey 38 Mix 39 Unbeatable tennis serve 40 Owned apartment, briefly 41 Distinctive group spirit 42 Mai ___ ( rum drink) 43 Prefix with “thesis” or “dote” 44 Kind of hospital “center” 45 Sound of a bad joke? 47 Gets ready for another offensive 49 Start over, as an odometer 51 Ending for “psych” or “narc” 52 City in Arizona 55 Artist’s milieu 57 Held together by a thin wooden pin 59 Hanging structure 60 Arab chieftain’s realm 61 Employee of Santa 62 Keanu’s role in three films 63 Did a marathon 64 Solo in a space flick

DOWN

1 Letters on an American fighter jet 2 Jam- pack 3 Beyond elderly but owns a watch? 4 Hr. division 5 Happen to, in days of yore 6 NBA game site 7 Sew a sock hole 8 Pair 9 Bridge supports 10 Beyond elderly and 969 years old? 11 Tobacco amount 12 Enter text 14 Will beneficiary 16 Required bet, in poker 21 Beyond elderly and a soil expert? 24 Homer’s neighbor 25 Thing that may be hard to resist 26 Tomato hitting-side walk sound 27 Longtime “All My Children” role 29 “... and ___ the fire” 31 “Fly off the handle” is one 32 Backs, anatomically 34 Breathe like a dog 37 James of spydom 38 Speak in a halting manner 40 Thing to throw to the wind 41 Be amiss 44 City in Washington 46 Dante’s inferno 48 Duck with fine, soft down 49 Express one’s fierce anger 50 “And others,” briefly 51 Roughly 53 Words preceding “poor example” 54 Port of Yemen 56 Farm female 58 Triumph