PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 VHS and cassette 6 Oily grp. 10 Rose stabilizer 14 Very flexible 15 “Faster, driver, faster!” 16 Lay asphalt 17 One who is easy to predict 20 Home plate cover 21 Instant member of the family 22 Schoolmaster’s rod 23 Galahad and Mix-A-Lot 25 Office helper 26 Calm as can be 29 Mug filler, big-time 30 Ferocious sound 34 “... ___ he drove out of sight ...” 35 Satyr relatives 37 Grocery shopper’s path 38 Thing enjoyed in Wisconsin 41 Shaking awake 42 Some female deer 43 “Gosh!” kin 44 Nuevo ___ (Mexico) 45 Go all-in? 46 Mechanical catch 48 Fashionable Christian 50 Slightly open 51 Officially record an arrival 54 Paid player 55 Is inquisitive 59 Source of water around a well? 62 Mayberry man 63 Words with “the ground floor” 64 Catcher in the Rhone? 65 Things on office folders 66 Italian volcano 67 Max the painter/sculptor
DOWN
1 Diplomats have it 2 Indian tourist spot 3 Fishing platform 4 Pass by, as time 5 Confirmed, as a date 6 Some fairy tale villains 7 Rhymer at a coffeehouse 8 Conceit source 9 Thing to lie in a long time 10 Barbecue treat 11 Forbidden perfume? 12 Like the devil 13 Distribute 18 Raise or elevate, old-style 19 “... him an inch, ___ take a mile” 24 “Finer” anagram 25 Crime with lighting? 26 Flower part 27 Eliminate from a board 28 One side of a page 29 Not suitable 31 “August: ___ County” 32 Wrench variety 33 Fill a flat? 36 Show to seats 37 Sailing the briny 39 Act that’s appreciated 40 Character in “Goldfinger” 45 Parker who was packing 47 Lost package inquiry 49 Sequel number 50 Place for wrestling events 51 Exhausted to death 52 Greek letter 53 Marked by ease 54 Loudness unit 56 It covers you 57 Some male dolls 58 “Hands off,” editorially 60 Razer 61 Deplete (with “up”)