PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
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1 A great deal 5 Early lesson letters 8 Fruitgrower’s bane 13 Toy block 14 Sounds on a farm 16 Pirate’s quest 17 Noble one 18 Darjeeling housekeeper 19 Throw off your track 20 “Gentlemen ...” (1953 film) 23 It can be explosive 24 Flat fee payer? 25 Classic TV’s Fred, really 28 Back in a boat 29 “2001” computer 31 Firm head 32 Blade under a cell mattress 35 Cantina offering 38 Biblical hymn 40 “... Kids” (1989 film) 43 16-Across relative 44 Flamingocolored 45 Horn-headed goddess 46 Prior, in poems 47 Drink-instein 49 Hosp. areas 51 Sound for attention 53 Delphi VIP 56 Computer part 59 “Lady ...” (1972 film) 62 Like cola with no fizz 64 Etc.? Kinda 65 Most-sided state 66 Lover of bamboo 67 Eat in or out 68 Bloodsucking parasites 69 More likely 70 Dol. fractions 71 Sneer at
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1 Got some shuteye 2 Be taught 3 Plumed wader 4 Howling beast 5 Italian almond biscuits 6 Weapons of war 7 Embers 8 Tucked in 9 Gondola navigator 10 Some domesticated creatures 11 “___ be helpful” 12 Color eggs 15 Squeeze into a tight space 21 Rivendell regular 22 Teacher’s gp. 26 Indian city 27 They prevent rainouts 28 Openly declare 30 Hospital worker, initially 32 Lug about (var.) 33 Time units 34 Ceaseless 36 Charged falsely 37 Ho ___ Minh 39 Biathlon gliders 41 Up vote 42 Luau instruments (var.) 48 Captain’s journal 50 CSA man 52 Diacritical squiggle 54 The upper room 55 Monk’s verbal activity 56 Pretty little charmer 57 ’60s sign 58 Aisle controller 60 Come close to 61 Down period 62 It has indoor jets 63 Faucet