PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Daring 6 Butt- oncouch 10 Have an edge

against 14 Lessen in

intensity 15 Kaput 16 Chaplin’s

prop 17 Benjamin Button’s respectful pause? 20 Quick 21 Hairy mountain mystery 22 Big wine

holder 23 Thanksgiving

staples 25 Cheap

hooches 27 Water blocker 30 Farm tower 32 Former electronics co. 33 Sci- fi

vehicles 35 Certain Columbus ship 37 Organic stuff

in soil 41 Nones, to Benjamin Button? 44 Copenhagen

cash 45 March toy 46 Old Russian

monarch 47 Downloadable gizmo 49 X- ray units 51 Feminine

pronoun 52 Old Egyptian

ruler 56 Violent scene 58 Geological

period 59 Reclines 61 On a train 65 What Benjamin Button does Jan. 1? 68 Greek letters 69 Relief pitching brand? 70 Cowboy’s

lasso 71 Leave in 72 Tea unit,

old chap 73 Fancy violin,

briefly

DOWN

1 Not just

inhale 2 Summoned

ride 3 Sonoran

nosh 4 Hard to plow, perhaps 5 Minders of your business 6 Uniting

phrase 7 Resist 8 Modern

medical slicer 9 Newspaper

bigwig 10 Hole- in- one 11 African language 12 Not abridged 13 The acne

years 18 A. D. part 19 Nut variety

( var.) 24 Like oil on

the floor 26 Haggardly

thin 27 Shout of

warning 28 Way out

yonder 29 Stereo?

Not quite 31 Yakking to

listeners 34 Sub device 36 Bride- to- be’s

stop 38 Tousle 39 Place for

jumpin’ Jazz 40 Very dry 42 Himalayan

native 43 Strip on

the highway 48 Indicates the

way 50 Gets undrunk ( with “up”) 52 Crooks, in

police- speak 53 Lift 54 Sharpshooter

Oakley 55 In a lather,

old- style 57 Namely,

fancy 60 Average fellow 62 Jewish

month 63 Start of a

drumbeat 64 Twosome 66 Std. clock

setting 67 Werner

Erhard’s gp.