PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Infamous standoff site 5 Preceded (with “to”) 10 Famous wise men 14 Letters of urgency 15 Make up for 16 Heaven on earth 17 Gala treats 20 Howling carnivore 21 “Little Red Book” readers 22 Cut in porcelain 25 Country near the equator 26 Rascally young’un 29 Small amphibian 31 Type of angel 35 “... snow ___ rain ...” 36 A Muppet 38 Pentathlon weapon 39 Hearty breakfast, for some 43 Ex-St. Louis pros 44 “Kama ___” (love manual) 45 Drink freshener 46 Next-to-last state 49 Sneak a look 50 Comfy place 51 Hill builders 53 Gardening tool 55 Dressed for changing weather 58 Icon 62 Asian condiment 65 Middle East governor 66 Open, as a cage 67 Racehorses with long odds 68 Physiques, informally 69 Photo finish 70 “Darn!” alternative

DOWN

1 Common load 2 With a gray face

3 C/O word 4 Think out loud 5 Place for a computer 6 Et al. kin 7 Ruin or ruination 8 Open with a twist

9 Tea varieties 10 Like doses 11 Collier entrance 12 Salon goops 13 Advantages, politically 18 Entangled, as hair 19 Become exhausted 23 Apple discard 24 Puts up, as a portrait 26 Prefix with “red” 27 Standing upright? 28 “The ___ Ballerina” (Degas) 30 Seek buried treasure 32 Insect born pregnant 33 U-turn from war 34 Super masculine ones

37 Lab compound 40 Trying ones? 41 Length x width 42 Mouth dabber 47 Had down, as facts 48 Hotel lobby, often 52 Medicinal plant 54 Alter, as writing 55 Swank ride, briefly 56 Etching substance 57 Money destroys it 59 Culture advancer 60 Infatuated with (with “over”) 61 Old “while” start 62 Fighter in gray 63 Wine container, big-time 64 Angry feeling