PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Erase 7 Borden or

Devers 11 ABC

competitor 14 Pay an unexpected visit 15 “If all ___

fails ...” 16 Circle part 17 What an accurate definition provides 19 Prickly husk

( var.) 20 Perceive 21 Editor’s

“never mind” 22 Not crazy 23 Yard drink 25 Violinist’s

stuff 27 Sleeper’s

problem 28 Silent

affirmatives 30 Cause of insurance fraud 32 Stretched

tightly 33 Old- time

oath 34 Dodger great ___ Wee Reese 35 Endanger 37 Smallish

bouquet 41 “1001 Nights”

creature 42 Expert in pen- manship? 43 African river 44 A 10 on anybody’s scale 48 Narrow

opening 49 Sots 50 Snips 52 Hawaiian gift 53 Finishes 54 Campus

military grp. 55 Football

prop 57 “The ___ Has

Landed” 58 Drawer’s secret compartment 62 Buddhism

variety 63 Look

lustfully 64 Personification 65 Before,

before 66 Not hard 67 Starts over

DOWN

1 Banned

insecticide 2 Mess up 3 Totally

botched 4 “En garde”

weapon 5 Stopwatch,

e. g. 6 Laredo-to

Houston dir. 7 Non- Jewish 8 UFO pilots 9 Ain’t

corrected? 10 Relay

section 11 Poolside changing place 12 Borneo

sultanate 13 Shriek 18 Assault 22 Ill humors 23 Not pro 24 Rich soil 26 Place of

cubicles 27 Many legendary pilots 29 Sound systems 31 Name of a thing derived from a person 36 Holds up 37 Catch

sight of 38 Razor

company 39 Common cosmetics ingredient 40 Himalayan

cryptid 42 Gesture of

respect 44 Take care of a rogue eyebrow 45 Look- alike 46 Loosened from fasteners 47 Coral rings 51 Franklin or

pellet 54 Attachment

to“muffin” 56 Pilot’s

guesses 58 “Friend

or ___?” 59 Saloon 60 Single niblet

for a horse 61 Mr.’ s

counterpart