PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Words before “well” and “bright” 6 Chad neighbor 11 Museum contents 14 Respond to something 15 Speak publicly 16 Propel a boat 17 Puts into small compartments 19 Regret 20 Empty, as a sink 21 Car dealer’s incentive 23 Name to a post 26 Like blank paper 27 Garlic units 28 Novel postscript ( var.) 29 Pondered 30 Personal histories 31 Japanese capital, once 34 Abu Dhabi VIP 35 Old coot 36 Obnoxiously superior 37 TV unit 38 Word with “mignon” 39 Make revisions to 40 More ridiculous 42 Walk like a proud horse 43 Cleaned, as a pan 45 Buoy the spirits of 46 Short tales or narratives 47 Like a broken balloon 48 Sash for Yum-Yum 49 Some large bags of candy 54 Banquet beverage server 55 Leaf under a bloom 56 Exhaust, as supplies 57 Price revealer 58 Old Russian rulers 59 Very cheap cigar

DOWN

1 French painter Jean 2 Hawaiian souvenir 3 Trail the pack 4 Became impassable in winter 5 Celebrated 6 Like a perfectly pitched game 7 De- wrinkle clothes 8 Girl, in Westerns 9 Time without end 10 Moves used goods 11 Piece of music adapted for other instruments 12 Trip itinerary 13 Suit fabric, sometimes 18 Goldin and Talese 22 Prefix for “hazard” 23 Ultimate heights 24 Fancy feather 25 Aligning 26 Underdog’s victory 28 Like beavers, it’s said 30 Propelled along, as a gondola 32 Wearer of a conical hat 33 Utah city 35 Handles with subtle skill 36 Most intelligent 38 Locale of many teahouses 39 Dutch humanist 41 Pistachio or macadamia 42 Humorously forward 43 Talent hunter 44 Venomous hooded snake 45 Pitches the horsehide 47 Unexciting swine? 50 Fashionable slimming center 51 Opposite of paleo 52 A little yank 53 Person seeking intelligence?