PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Happy hour venue 4 Rain- delay cover 8 Grate 12 Mil. morale

booster 13 Others ( Lat.) 14 Jazzy Fitzger

ald 15 Carnival city 16 Italy’s silhou

ette 17 Tennis great Lendl 18 Essential thing 21 Speck 22 Pallid 23 World record? 26 Garfield, for

one 27 Existed 30 Prudish 31 Kid’s question 32 Shock 33 Abysmal 34 Scot’s refusal 35 Jabbed 36 Game official 37 Snoop 38 “Ditto” 45 Geometric

calculation 46 Clay- rich soil 47 “Top Gun”

target 48 Feeder filler 49 Differently 50 Texter’s

“Wow!” 51 Sacred 52 Winter coaster 53 Lock opener

DOWN

1 Scorch 2 China setting 3 Leeway 4 Forbidden acts 5 Soaring 6 Laugh- aminute 7 Well- worn trail 8 Period of rule 9 Edison’s middle name 10 Bridge coup 11 Glazier’s

sheet 19 Dutch cheese 20 “Dig in!” 23 LAPD alert 24 La- la lead- in 25 Cover 26 “Evita” narra

tor 27 Stir- fry pan 28 Hearty quaff 29 Norm ( Abbr.) 31 Breakfast

orders 32 Pleasures 34 “The Matrix”

character 35 Program for

future docs 36 Prepared 37 Stage 38 Pulverize

potatoes 39 Black- and

white cookie 40 Stagger 41 Bridge fee 42 Out of control 43 Charades

player 44 Like custard