PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Aromas 6 Sandbar 11 Prefix with “solve” or “prove” 14 Open, as a
bottle of soda 15 “King” of
snakes 16 Shirt pocket
stainer 17 State of having sound judgment 19 “Fi” lead- in 20 Like a nasty
remark 21 Grass type 23 Takes over, as
a parasite 26 Uses flattery on ( with “up”) 27 Feature of a
horror film 28 Be unsure 29 Fancy place
with jets 30 Brown and
basmati 32 Artist Max 35 Press down,
as dirt 37 Torso 39 Arab bigwig 40 Some artifi
cial spreads 42 “Hasta luego” 44 Limerick- to
Belfast dir. 45 Movie awards 47 Display
convincingly 49 To begin with 51 Like many
candles 52 Little bird with cobalt blue wings 53 Wee or tiny 54 Utilize frozen
slopes 55 One’s ways of conceiving things 60 Bedtime for a
Bard? 61 Gripping courtroom event 62 Bonechillingly weird 63 “Go on ...” 64 Be bullish 65 Product of a
Russian mint
DOWN
1 “Pardon ___ dust” ( sign of renovation) 2 Genetic
evidence 3 Mo. of fake ghosts and goblins 4 Poker player who doesn’t stay? 5 One paying
to be on TV? 6 Lots and lots 7 Burrowing
result 8 Asian cincher 9 Dodger
description 10 Baby shower gift, sometimes 11 One’s discriminating power 12 Bring upon
oneself 13 Massive blue
things 18 Acid type 22 About 1.3
cubic yards 23 “___ die for!” 24 It’s high in the Himalayas 25 Emotional
state 26 Low- voiced choir members 28 Provides nourishment for 31 Navigational
aid 33 From
then on 34 Out on a limb with nowhere to run 36 Assume for the sake of argument 38 Boot tip 41 References
for directors 43 More toned 46 Toward the back, on the waters 48 ___ of ( rather
than) 49 Making
waves 50 Monopoly
piece 51 Little, edible cold- water fish 53 Lasting reminder of surgery 56 Brazilian city,
familiarly 57 Ball or sphere 58 Zilch 59 Take in visu
ally