PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Volcano output 4 Spread one’s fingers 9 Lout or yahoo 14 Greek letter 15 Delete 16 Prop for an artist 17 Attack word 18 Small, light, flimsy boat 20 Roller at the printer’s 22 Gambling “machine” 23 Forwardlooking woman? 26 Small excerpt 31 Noisy talk 33 Biblical dancer 34 Sigh sounds 36 Wood cutter 38 Director George 39 Web crawlers, e. g. 41 Mend a split in one’s britches 43 Theatrical sketch 44 Getting older 46 Plot a city over 48 Ron who played Tarzan 49 Chocolate bean bearers 51 Castle enclosure 53 Calligraphers’ containers 55 One smiling in a selfsatisfied way 58 Pot or smack 60 “Sesame Street” denizen 61 Planted areas that require little watering 67 Requirements for beer purchases 68 “Until tomorrow!” in Paris 69 Marina locale, often 70 Professional’s charge 71 “A Prayer for Owen ___” 72 Fun complement 73 Center of preferences?

DOWN

1 Upbeat, in music 2 Glisten 3 Tool for a cross- checker 4 Confidences 5 Not amateur 6 Resinous secretion 7 Inquires 8 Cheerleaders’ repertoire 9 Inhuman 10 Cheer syllable 11 Handle and operate 12 ___ Aviv 13 Architectural wing 19 Immeasurable time 21 Historical period 24 Lead in a film 25 Stitch maker 27 Addition symbol 28 Camper’s handy tool 29 Messages with attachments 30 Feisty and easy to anger 32 Put back to zero 34 Beaded counting machines 35 Wrestler Hulk 37 Uncle with many stories 40 Click the fingers 42 Like toast 45 Any male protagonist 47 Religious officials 50 Old portico 52 Make a wrong guess, e. g. 54 Parsley unit 56 Valuable type of duck 57 View again 59 Author Ferber 61 Male on a farm 62 “___ on a Grecian Urn” 63 Big- time spy grp. 64 Barbie’s friend 65 Common shade tree 66 Wedding page word