PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

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1 Places for

clappers 6 Tiny insect 11 Household

nickname 14 Inuit boat 15 Buenos ___ 16 Defeat 17 Some school punishments 19 Get behind,

cash- wise 20 Lady on the

farm 21 Rocky deposit 22 Little Miss

Bobbsey 23 Roses? No, the blue ones 27 Held from

above 29 Ballish

sphere 30 Cassowarylike bird 32 Harbor boat 33 Businesses

abbreviated 34 Spacious car 36 Portray 39 Little

builders 41 Post- op time 43 Partner

in war 44 Song word 46 Picture

puzzle 48 Hack off, as

a branch 49 Weird ships 51 Village,

old- style 52 Compass dir. 53 Strategy

units 56 Facially

hirsute 58 Likely 59 U- turn

from to 60 Form of

“to be” 61 Cycle attachment for one? 62 Legislative

delays 68 “New” prefix 69 Durable

dark wood 70 Grain woe 71 Summer

acquisition 72 Crowded 73 Like

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1 City

get- about 2 Low- fat Aussie meat 3 Fleur- de-___ 4 Coat part 5 Pins through

meat 6 Country

matriarchs 7 Sequel

number 8 Sag 9 Pop and gospel, for two 10 Lifeblood 11 Hindered

big- time 12 Human

Hawkeye 13 Beyond tired 18 Like certain

“regions” 23 Outspoken 24 Two- sided

humor 25 Thing in

the way 26 Ceremonial

Jewish meal 28 Portugal

lady 31 Sounded

relaxed? 35 Fat cat in

business 37 Copy

alive? 38 Like stored

blood 40 Search for gold, old- style 42 FBI word 45 All do’ed up 47 Way less

72- Across 50 Word

copyist 53 Ridicule 54 Sleep

interrupter 55 Lawmaker of

old Athens 57 Vintage 63 High- placed

connections 64 “So long” 65 Head vanity 66 CD go- with 67 A farm

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