PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Lustrous black 4 Cager O’Neal, for short 8 Vacillate 12 In the style of 13 Humdinger 14 Listening

device 15 Roman 1051 16 Wry Bombeck 17 Nick and

Nora’s pet 18 Pavlova’s shoe 21 Hosp. hookups 22 Connections 23 Corn 26 “Bobby” subj. 27 Pear- shaped

fruit 30 Verdi opera 31 Tofu source 32 Custard recipe 33 Expert 34 Bit of butter 35 Batter’s dry

spell 36 “Bow- wow!” 37 — glance 38 Joe DiMaggio’s nickname 45 “Dedicated to

the — Love” 46 Release money 47 Log chopper 48 “Act now!” 49 Part of Q. E. D. 50 Freedom, for

short 51 Writer Quindlen 52 Dick Tracy’s

love 53 LAX info

DOWN

1 Doorframe piece 2 First lady of scat 3 Follow 4 Record holder? 5 Smarts 6 Charitable donation 7 Meet the requirements 8 Trades 9 Trace of smoke 10 Museo display 11 Calendar quota 19 Minnelli of “Arthur” 20 Pen filler 23 Sailor’s chart 24 Melody 25 Wedding

words 26 Hogwash 27 Winter ailment 28 “— a Camera” 29 Econ. statistic 31 Low- risk

wager 32 Envelope part 34 Opposite of “post-” 35 Height- enhancing circus props 36 Curly- tailed dog 37 Fake name 38 Luke’s mentor 39 Soon, poeti

cally 40 German

refusal 41 Give a darn 42 Ashen 43 Way out 44 Country’s

McEntire