PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Prepares, as tea 6 Cancel, as a blast-off 11 H.S. science class

14 Like a new candle 15 Not a soul 16 At home worker? 17 Butter providers 19 “Dig in!” 20 Run off to

wed

21 Citrus fruit 23 U-turn from

gabs 26 Bumstead’s

tree?

27 Doffs one’s

cap

28 Some

sailors 29 Sporty car

features 30 Admiral’s

charge 31 Back, on

board 34 Makes goofs 35 Nixon’s defense secretary 36 Make angry 37 Used a bench 38 The Marines, e.g. 39 Cheech of weed films 40 Perfect splits 42 Definitely not apparent 43 Mustache relatives 45 Lovers of cruelty 46 Drumming muppet 47 Moms, in Paris 48 Balsam, for one 49 They make things like new 54 Enemy 55 ___ manual 56 Right to the point 57 “30” in editing

58 A song of David 59 Circle, as planets

DOWN

1 Flowerto-be 2 Messenger molecule 3 Whitney of the gin 4 Eavesdropping invasions 5 Surgery slicers

6 Thin cookies 7 Pigeon house 8 Decay 9 Set free 10 Potbelly 11 Argentinan capital 12 Post-pupa insect 13 Chose (with “for”) 18 U-turn from pros 22 Beard grown on a farm? 23 Medieval instruments 24 “Mural” attachment 25 Like some cats 26 Go-getters 28 Control tower images 30 Cabbie’s quests 32 Bea coquette 33 Some army shelters 35 Devoid of affection 36 Seizer by force 38 Explain to perfection 39 City in California 41 Banking convenience 42 Vikki or John Dickson 43 Huge blunder 44 Pungent veggie 45 Earthquake relative 47 Loose, crumbly deposit 50 Title veggie in a fairy tale 51 Globe, poetically

52 Tire letters 53 Collector’s quest