PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Jazz variety 6 Plug or hype 10 Former German leader Helmut 14 Greek lyric poem 15 Car, briefly 16 Opera highlight 17 Zombie’s translation of a Tom Clancy title? 20 Sics 21 Very active 22 Plant parts 25 Many are commissioned 26 Part of a love- ly Latin trio 30 Refer to 32 Colorful butterflies 35 “EdWood” Oscarwinner Martin 41 Fighting words in a haunted house? 43 Quakes 44 Type of bath for ewe? 45 You, old- school 47 Countless years 48 Cafe order 53 Electric bill stat 56 Word formed from initials 58 Wool- yielding creature 63 Condition of an elderly female spirit? 66 Butcher’s offering 67 Clip a photo 68 Threefold 69 Newspaper section 70 Helps 71 Wipe clean
DOWN
1 Hotel necessities 2 Saber’s relative 3 Water vehicle 4 Gambler’s concern 5 Chihuahua coins 6 Chinese philosophy 7 “___ Town” 8 Of the highest degree 9 Ripped 10 Buckwheat dish 11 Fancy window 12 Door part 13 Nigerian metropolis 18 Cause of a major blowup 19 Neutral possessive 23 Canyon sound effect 24 Applies incorrectly 26 Band boosters 27 Grimace 28 Opposite of pro 29 Ts for Aristotle 31 Besides 33 Tach reading 34 Dermatologist’s concern 36 Jungle primate 37 Informal negative 38 Nitwit 39 Comparable 40 Snail mail org. 42 Actress Perlman 46 Shoulder- toelbow bones 48 Molten rock 49 Yellowishorange 50 Zagreb native 51 Throws a party 52 Picnic pest 54 Opening 55 Buoy, as one’s hopes 57 Gym site since 1844 59 Emulate a contented cat 60It’s continental 61 Some pantry items 62 Sheltered from the wind 64 Indicate yes 65 Covert ___