PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Sharpen 5 Milky gems 10 Oatmeal dish 14 The Old Sod,

e. g. 15 Trickster

or rascal 16 Soothing

plant 17 Soft French

cheese 18 It smooths

rough edges 19 Singer

McCann 20 Destroy in a contest, veggie- style? 23 Busy Midwestern airport 24 Desert

respites 25 John Boy, for

one 28 Hems without hawing 30 Opera

highlight 31 Plains abode,

once 33 With- it 36 Output of veggie spies in the embassy? 40 O’Neill and

Begley Jr. 41 Meat and dairy shunner 42 Mythical war

god 43 Things fitted

in drills 44 Most scant or

slight 46 “King of the

Hill” town 49 Like fresh

celery 51 Veggie- sponsored league for little grapplers? 57 Russo or

Descartes 58 Clan 59 Eurasian

range 60 Shape of

an egg 61 Christener or

identifier 62 Words before “Jail” in Monopoly 63 Diamond with

many hits 64 Slap on 65 Winter shovelful

DOWN

1 Jack of “Dragnet” 2 Give a job to 3 Canal with just one consonant 4 Remain on

the wagon 5 Annie of comics, for one 6 Gondolier kin 7 Hanging

open 8 Type of moth 9 Witnessed 10 Model woods 11 Mishmashes or miscellanies 12 Author

Thomas 13 Toronto

Maple ___ 21 However, oldstyle and brief 22 Beach item 25 Walk through

water 26 In need

of rain 27 Loose ones sink ships, it’s said 28 Whirl 29 Common Market letters, once 31 Labels 32 Landing

guess, briefly 33 Roll call call 34 Eisenhower

and others 35 Quiet

“Hey you!” 37 Sheeplike 38 CitiField

player 39 Noise dampeners 43 Classy “Take

care” 44 It loves company, it’s said 45 Ballpark fig. 46 Some strings

in the kitchen 47 Christopher who portrayed Superman 48 Hawaiian

porch 49 Inhibit 50 Insurgent 52 Sicilian volcano 53 Prepare

a present 54 Weights,

in slang 55 Defense org.

in Brussels 56 Emulate

a firefly