PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Smart? No, way off

5 Humdingers

10 Crib user

14 A U.S. canal

15 Put down

16 Type of solo

17 Fort McHenry defended it

20 It’s bridged

21 Author Tolstoy

22 English nothing

23 Powerful suffix

24 Plow strip

27 Letters for strikeouts

29 Wicked biblical city

32 First lady

33 Chum kin

36 Like a feather

38 Wheels lender

41 Cartoonist

42 It might be propped up

43 Sleep stage

44 Concerning the moon

46 Birch beer, for one

50 Banjo emanations

52 Collegiate in “scouters”

55 Brief preacher?

56 Big-time squeezer

57 Combined

60 Temperature controller

63 Wander about

64 Many Maine trees

65 Have a sore loser face

66 Hankers for

67 Alaskan transports

68 Goofs

DOWN

1 Expose as false

2 A Muse

3 Gently

4 ___ noire (nemesis)

5 Many night lights

6 World War menaces

7 Sven’s kin?

8 Puts into service

9 “Be still!”

10 More empty

11 Botanical gardens

12 “About Me” info

13 Husky unit?

18 Ticked-off state

19 Female graduates

24 Letter styles

25 Sign off for hams

26 Bea bachelor no more

28 Stuff to delete

30 Place for 16-Across

31 Loud noise

34 Mixture or blend

35 Aquatic flower

37 Variety show lineup

38 Way to try from square one?

39 Succotash ingredient

40 Director Howard

41 Hanging decor

45 Like stereotypical cowboys

47 Masterful speaker

48 Out-of-theway way

49 Turns away

51 Standards

53 Bind with string

54 Narrow fish

57 Type of seed cover

58 Splicing subject

59 Drop jaw

60 Make an effort

61 It gets ground up

62 Photo ___ (PR events)