PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Nixon in China,” for one 6 King of

snakes 11 Co. with an

eye logo 14 Gridlock 15 Is a king 16 Deluge

refuge 17 Out- of- con

trol semi? 19 Seven on

a sundial 20 In the past 21 When a

plane’s due 22 Tiny

harvester 23 Some colorful shrubs 27 Attachable

PC devices 29 Secret

keeper 30 Dutch

cheese 32 Incision

reminder 33 Up to, infor

mally 34 Guitar

relative 36 Pharaoh’s

domain 39 Stats for the

well- armed 41 Down source 43 Porcelain

pourer 44 Old steering

wheels? 46 Christened 48 It’s single 49 Frown induc

ers 51 Creation

inspirer 52 Genetic let

ters 53 Relapse 56 Left the

union 58 Miss in

the future? 59 Pale 60 Mini- PC

network 61 It forms links 62 Brit’s conservative leader? 68 U. S. snooper

grp. 69 Send

elsewhere 70 Chillingly

spooky 71 Code

breaker 72 Gloomy,

poetically 73 Barrel

bottom stuff

DOWN

1 Slugger Mel 2 Diner

dessert 3 Eternally,

in poesy 4 Like a farm 5 Orbital

extremes 6 Old PC

screen 7 “Pardon ___

dust” 8 Dyed, in a jeans factory 9 Right- hand

pages 10 Sideways, as

a look 11 Charge!? 12 Salty

liquid 13 Funny

sketches 18 One with amped- up back? 23 Better suited 24 African

nation 25 Grammarian’s dreaded 24 hrs.? 26 Lustrous

material 28 Plum type 31 Gentleman’s

go- with 35 Br’er Rabbit

man 37 Pasta type 38 Step part 40 Snooty sort 42 Market after

marking up 45 Sailors’ direc

tion? 47 Way past

stale 50 Fishmon

ger’s tool 53 Strike open

handedly 54 A Muppet 55 Cutlery unit 57 Board 63 Mauna ___ 64 Be goof- y? 65 Mine find 66 Semi 67 Formal

affirmative