PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Batman foe 6 Myanmar

money 10 On ___ ( without a contract) 14 Dickens’ Heep 15 Thing listed

on a playbill 16 Tip of

Mexico? 17 Place for a man to become super 19 Paper unit 20 “The Gold

Bug” author 21 Filler of a

black well 22 Catch in

a con 24 Foils used in

competitions 26 Humorous

play on words 27 Historic Alabama city known 30 Ferrari, for

example 35 Carpenter’s

tool 37 ___- de- sac 38 Thrown ___

loss 39 To stay poised 41 Vagabond’s

wanderings 43 Mental

inspiration 44 “Sonnet” or “puppet” ending 46 Like some

golf balls 47 Spins yarns 50 Lip shiner 51 Beaver’s

home 52 Classic violin,

briefly 54 Bits of land for development 57 Peeper 58 Doo- wop group ___ Na Na 61 Island to the

east of Java 62 From where to get back to the future 66 Fit of bad

temper 67 Between jobs 68 Low- value

card 69 Feel sorry for 70 Word with “hitching” or “scratching” 71 Straight- blad

ed daggers

DOWN

1 Leap 2 Two- tone

cookie 3 Flying toy 4 Corn unit 5 P, on

fraternity row 6 Danish bills 7 Part of an egg 8 Late boxing

legend 9 First one to try new wings? 10 Place for Homer and family 11 Little Bo

sound? 12 Genesis twin 13 Give gratis 18 Bakery

offering 23 Baseball score 24 Place for a

fake wizard 25 “Trooper”

start 27 Hard spare to

pick up 28 Say “y’all,” e. g. 29 Defame in

print 31 Mongrel 32 Owned apart

ment, briefly 33 Mythical giant with 100 eyes 34 Rough files 36 The Queen

Mary, for one 40 Skinny,

slithering fish 42 Chevy car

of old 45 Does a secondhand store job 48 Machine gun

syllable 49 Surgeon’s

instrument 53 Pastor relative, informally 54 1/ 16 of a cup

( abbr.) 55 Wife of an

Indian prince 56 Reached the

ground safely 58 Speak like

a drunk 59 “Darn!” kin 60 Nautical yeses 63 Wedding vow 64 Do very easy

math 65 Hawaiian

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