PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Peace’s opposite 4 Like some wealthy communities 9 Dreaded virus 14 Jima front 15 Battery part 16 Farmer in the spring 17 Jobs’ creation, briefly 18 Common bar order 20 Spear points 22 Dali contemporary 23 First one on the field 26 Handheld shooter? 31 A have-not, essentially 33 Consisting of two parts 34 Do sum-thing 36 “Amen” kin 38 October flower 39 What cordwood will do 41 Arena levels 43 Ruler of old 44 Instantly accessible novel 46 Canvas propellors 48 Smoker’s remains 49 Claws 51 Figure on deck 53 More luxurious and soft 55 Defraud, e.g. 58 Christmas staple 60 Heavy-___ (burdened) 61 Sharp menswear 67 Roman eggs 68 Sri Lanka tea 69 U-turn from ecstasy 70 Catch or acquire 71 Square things? 72 Some stew veggies 73 Visit

DOWN

1 U-turn from he-men 2 Bide one’s time 3 ’50s listening 4 Card or wit 5 Loaning center? 6 Serious poundage 7 It’s cheesy 8 Casual fabric 9 Baltic Sea republic 10 Oct. 31 sound 11 Have all rights to 12 A stately necklace? 13 Circular curve 19 Drab go-with 21 “... ___ he drove out of ...” 24 Make revisions 25 TV host Philbin 27 MIT part, cut 28 What it might rain 29 Gazetteer calculations 30 Gift to Jesus 32 Birds with no get-up 34 Lies for a crook 35 Princely place 37 Makes an effort 40 Out-ofthe-way corner 42 Cabbage in strings 45 Made sweaters 47 “___ People” (Le Carre novel) 50 Liquid hospital supply 52 Santa’s tail? 54 Involving kidneys 56 Mississippi bank 57 Maternal kin 59 Drop-off spot 61 Mudbath site 62 Bottom of bellbottoms 63 Pres. before Jack 64 “Arrested Development” voice 65 Command with “the line” 66 Pen’s need