PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Like prank candles 6 Just beats 10 Mess-hall dish 14 Ville of horror? 15 Champagne choice 16 Cookbook writer Rombauer 17 Picnic side 20 Surgeon’s instrument 21 Droplet on a bib 22 Theater feature 25 Yuletide warblings 26 “___ here” (order request) 30 Pound or smash 32 Bad way to be caught 35 Senators play there 41 Shred an alibi 43 Emulates bulls 44 Make weak 45 “What ___ can I do?” 47 Stuff fed to a PC 48 Backless couch 53 Indian state 56 Biscotti flavor source 58 Has a sample 63 One of two on Thanksgiving 66 Hard-to-control desire 67 Shipwreck site 68 Do more than just tri? 69 Pet sound 70 Start of a conclusion 71 Pub potable
DOWN
1 CAT scan units 2 Send forth 3 Type of pond or pad 4 “___ have to wait” 5 Categories or ilks 6 Peacock network 7 Perturb 8 Throbs
9 Bit of progress 10 In the know about 11 Rugged crest 12 Knee-high to a grasshopper 13 Cottontail relatives 18 Addams cousin 19 Immoral act 23 Cain’s brother 24 Like Teslas 26 Has dinner 27 At a later date, super old 28 Strong shark 29 Still-life piece 31 “The Tao of Pooh” writer 33 Back in the water? 34 Deception 36 Title word, often
37 ___ the line (obeyed) 38 Actress Jessica 39 Whipping upraising 40 Floating on the Caribbean 42 Wad builders 46 Fire engine attachment 48 Singular of 47-Across 49 Toughen, as to hardship 50 Sign of late summer 51 Slightly offcenter 52 Namechange indicator 54 Cash dispenser 55 Sail supports 57 Jane of Thornfield Hall 59 Proofreader’s save 60 Band leader Puente 61 Brown relative 62 Three-hand card game 64 Avg. size 65 Conspiracy theory vehicle