PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Blackens meat 6 Offshore greeting 10 Inhale with astonishment 14 Resurrected 15 Easy running gait 16 Singer Fitzgerald 17 Edible equines (Start) 20 U-turn from after 21 Shake, as liquids 22 Star quality 25 Old code pioneer 26 Guest columnist’s essay 30 Nabisco offering

32 It involves long stretches 35 Upper-class Brit

41 Edible equines (Middle) 43 Like the wind 44 U-turn from every single time 45 Holier ___ thou

47In a skillful

manner 48 Valentine

gifts 53 Borden’s ad

cow

56 Hug tightly 58 Hypnotic state 63 Edible equines (End) 66 Edible Pacific root 67 Royal in a sari 68 Home buyer’s option

69 Make like

a geyser 70 Resting over 71 Accumulate

strategically

DOWN

1 Dungeness

creature 2 Quarterback’s

shout 3 “Dream on, clown!” 4 Makeover 5 Trap 6 Hearty pub brew 7 Manually attack weeds 8 Sensedulling drug 9 Safe cracker of old films 10 Affect emotionally 11 Site of applauded kisses 12 Vegas pull-downs 13 Check recipient

18 PI or sleuth 19 That dude? 23 Scot’s fishing spot 24 Weapons stockpile 26 Hawaiian island 27 Barely paid labor 28 Goofs up 29 Two pills, often 31 Brewery oven 33 Servant of a small queen 34 “This ___ what I expected” 36 Chain in a cell 37 Minuscule amount 38 Cotton on a stick 39 Cash register 40 “___ in America” 42 Charged particles 46 Jazz fan, oldschool 48 Stops being busy 49 Scheduled in a bar? 50 Frighten 51 Macaroni variety 52 “Do the Right Thing” character

54 “___ be my pleasure” 55 Soap’s Kane 57 “... ___, whatever will be ...” 59 Splittable bit 60 La ___ (strange weather pattern)

61 New England fishes 62 A relative of Cain 64 Plastic ___ Band 65 Bitty bite