PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 What to step on in de car? 6 Complaintive fish? 10 Competent 14 Geological time unit 15 Flying saucers, e. g. 16 Lowlyworker 17 How tragic news is delivered 20 Diagram or plan 21 Flute relative 22 Day’s first light 24 Quick bar drink 25 Common house pet 28 Indian bread 30 Impolite “shhh” 34 Frozen rain 36 Iraq neighbor 38 Indoor sports venue 39 Life- saving man- made pump 42 Fictional detective Nero 43 Literary Munro 44 Thin cut 45 Expressions of scorn 47 Big- time PC maker 49 Mole seeking intelligence 50 Start to unravel 52 Expired 54 Itemized bills 58 Piano assignments 62 Look deep inside 64 Not belonging to the clergy 65 Actor McGregor 66 Light- filled courtyards 67 Gray coastal eagle 68 The 192 in a qt. 69 Solitary sort

DOWN

1 Early morning moistures 2 Huge in scale 3 TheCure’s genre 4 Was sore 5 Witch doctor 6 Actor’s hint 7 Ata distance 8 Wanders 9 ___ out ( intimidates mentally) 10 Camera openings 11 Droplet 12 Folk wisdom 13 ___’ acte ( intermission term) 18 50th U. S. state 19 Commotion 23 Busters of dealers 25 Plugs of tobacco 26 Brother of Moses 27 Deed 29 Mythical lake nymph 31 Some blue shades 32 Tear open 33 Burger unit 35 Elan vital 37 Unclothed 40 Containing iron 41 Funnelshaped flowers 46 Aromatic pouch 48 Likely to cause death 51 Some cartoon shrieks of pain 53 “___ circumstances beyond ...” 54 Land surrounded by water 55 Close by 56 Not humble 57 Click the fingers 59 “Fudge!” relative 60 Lake, city or canal 61 Twinkler up high 63 Grannies’ two