PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Mater”

preceder 5 Defect 9 Quartz variety 14 Pigeon

sounds 15 Highway

divider 16 Measuring

tool 17 A recipient of Henry’s bad news ... 20 Go into 21 Fire residue 22 Email

folder 23 ___ cocktail 26 Semester 28 Glib sales

pitch 30 Condescends 34 Luxury hotel

feature 37 Castle’s water protection 39 Light- filled

courtyards 40 Henry sold you a gasguzzling car to put a ... 44 San Antonio

mission 45 Urgings or

cravings 46 It serves

the queen 47 Common pet

rodent 49 Takes

a break 52 Landed 54 Prepare a

contract 57 Look over 60 Window to

the world 62 Misplaces 64 Henry’s lack of income leads to ... 68 Sleeper’s

problem 69 Lingering sound effect 70 El ___, Texas 71 Like an unkempt lawn 72 Lower

leg part 73 Killed, as

a dragon

DOWN

1 Soreness 2 Bank

offerings 3 It lasts weeks 4 Interrogators 5 “Alice” TV

spin- off 6 “7Facesof

Dr. ___” ( film) 7 Faris of TV

and film 8 Tiniest 9 Ham sailed

on it 10 Pistol maker 11 To the safe

side, at sea 12 Ball ___ hammer 13 “While” attachment, once 18 Excursion 19 Backyard

building 24 Actress Rogers 25 Flashy spring

flower 27 Bottom or

back 29 Productive

hen 31 Snatch 32 When many

clock in 33 Behalf 34 Deer sir? 35 Carpet characteristic 36 Food

thickener 38All muscled up 41 Protected with dirt mounds 42 Irritate or

muddy up 43 Country renamed in 1991 48 In ___ of ( substituting for) 50 Type of powder 51 Darts

down 53 Writes, on

a computer 55 “I’ll have

the ___” 56 As such 57 Artie or George Bernard 58 Superman

has one 59 Actress

Hathaway 61 Carve deeply 63 Pack away 65 Unit of sunlight 66 ___- Town ( Cubs’domain) 67 “Hither”

partner