PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Dissolved bloc (abbr.) 5 Part of a 45 10 City near the Ganges 14 Fall tool 15 Violin bow rub-on 16 Activist Brockovich 17 They’re experimental 19 Junk-be-gets-junk acronym 20 Some leaders

21 Ed McMahon, for one

23 Not use entirely 26 “Pants on fire” fellow 27 Special event 30 Nonet kin 33 Old German leader Helmut 34 Cipher, as a message 36 “Who ___ you, the pope?” 37 Clusters of fish eggs 38 “The Raven” monogram and this theme 39 Blueprint detail, in short 40 Alias, briefly 41 Airport section 44 Get all tattered

45 Two less than 30-Across

47 In a suitable way 49 Emulate a falcon 50 Emporium 51 Therapist’s smear? 54 “C’mon, move on!”

58 “Bye bye” or “Later” 59 Cake or pizza toppings 62 Not tricked by 63 Like yore? 64 “The Pearl” Monroe of hoops 65 Extinct Nair rival

66 Get things going

67 BBs and pellets, e.g.

DOWN

1 Advocate earnestly 2 Dude from Tarsus 3 Grip the road? You wish 4 Some library transactions 5 Two-wood on the links, old-style 6 Dunk in gravy 7 “It ___” (formal “Who’s there?” reply) 8 Likes like a hippie 9 Like saved farm grain 10 Sea of Crete 11 Death personified 12 Capital near the Baltic 13 With author unknown 18 Historical periods 22 Frequent Spago’s 24 Copier cartridge 25 Sites the RV 27 Vegetables for gumbo 28 Sam the soulful singer 29 Pennypinching ray? 31 “He’s ___ nowhere man …” 32 Strongly denounce 35 Eyeball-bending work 39 Fragrant climbing flower 41 Ducky shade 42 Thread-cutting Fate 43 Antifreeze, e.g. 46 Additionally 48 Get ready for, for short 51 Mouse clickee 52 30-Across’ number 53 Knight combat event 55 Close loudly 56 Microbe 57 Christiania, today 60 Document to keep co. secrets 61 Bard’s “always”