PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Father, toan infant 5 Provides the seed money 10 Prison 14 Swear to be true 15 Happening, as Sherlock’s game 16 Extremity bone 17 Time for Tom to be alarmed? 20 Fellow’s feminine side, a la Jung 21 Is picky? 22 Concert boosters 25 Fender- bender aftermath 26 Slangy smoke 29 Pasture sounds 31 Creaks and squeaks 35 Artist Yoko 36 Maximum speed, e. g. 38 Southernfried vegetable 39 Matt’s is open to debate 43 Prefix with “lock” or “freeze” 44 Home’s overhead storage spot 45 Banned bug spray 46 Four-___ ( fastball type) 49 Fill to satisfaction 50 One of seven 51 Pitt of “World War Z” 53 Weak or insipid 55 Harsh or corrosive in tone 58 A hopping joint? 62 Something Mark’s sales department wants to know? 65 Skip over 66 Chef’s protection 67 Trees that provide much shade 68 Boyfriend 69 Used a keypad 70 After- bath throw- on

DOWN

1 Crunched stuff for computers 2 Doorbell- ringing cosmetics company 3 Moore of films 4 Scent 5 Not near 6 Tabloid spacecraft 7 “___ as good a time as any” 8 Like some football stadiums 9 Swiped, as kisses? 10 Meeting place 11 Landed, as a falcon 12 Quaint overnight stops 13 Time delay 18 Wander off 19 Nevada hotspot 23 Duo 24 South Pacific island group 26 States of prolonged unconsciousness 27 Incredibly silly 28 Must, informally 30 De- lumps flour 32 Hits the brakes on ice 33 Slowly wear away 34 St. Nick 37 The entire amount 40 City in central Mali 41 Bread fit for gyros 42 He cometh in a play 47 Language of the Celts 48 Drumming sounds 52 Bonkers or buggy 54 Walk into 55 Arrived 56 Opera highlight 57 Inc. relative 59 2.22 pounds 60 Young sheep 61 “Do it or ___!” 62 Mafia, informally 63 Ballerina’s balancer, sometimes 64 Stop