PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Crush, as

a baseball 5 Tips a

topper 10 Critters’

mouths 14 Opera

highlight 15 Come into

effect, legally 16 Release 17 “High” socials 18 Slow- moving

craft 19 Bottom on

the ground? 20 Thing pulled

on a human 23 Suspicious 24 “Aw, mom!”

utterance 25 Marriageable 28 “Tetris” block

shapes 30 ___ vital

( life force) 31 Moses

climbed it 33 Common article 36 “... no one has any idea” 40 “Norma ___”

( movie) 41 Best Buy squad members 42 Deserve

wages 43 Made

bubbles 44 Starr of comics 46 Debate

subject 49 Concerning

bees 51 They have many functions 57 Pace and

Strasberg 58 Longest

French river 59 The auld sod 60 Blade part 61 Raring to go 62 Huff or tizzy 63 Got ready for

a drive 64 Symbol of

Christianity 65 Babes and

hunks

DOWN

1 Cat’s bane 2 What police

want cleared 3 “The King and I” setting 4 Annoying or

troubling 5 Order from

above 6 Currently

broadcasting 7 Like a good

comic 8 Hopping amphibian 9 “... as bad as it may ___” 10 Some ltr.

recipients 11 Big name

in gas 12 Novelist

Cather 13 Dutch

painter Jan 21 ___ Aviv 22 Some

wrinkly fruits 25 Not far away 26 Arm bone 27 Summoned

via invitation 28 Sonny Shroyer series 29 It has a

long arm 31 Alter, as

information 32 Print shop’s

supply 33 Term in

comparisons 34 Like verified

facts 35 Active European volcano 37 Gets a

good look 38 Legendary movie star Ruby 39 Like a litter’s

runt 43 Cleared,

as dishes 44 Some bring

Toys for Tots 45 Didn’t

walk 46 Bit of land in

the sea 47 Stockholm

resident 48 Drawn- out

battle 49 “Adios ___!” 50 Blazing

funeral heaps 52 TV’s

Baldwin 53 Emulate

a tiger 54 Grape

grower 55 Andrews of

sportscasting 56 What the sun

does daily