PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Strange carnival performer 5 Likely to win races 9 Not drunk 14 No-wind, nautically 15 Like lame threats 16 European “boot” 17 Horse’s dad 18 Harlow or Stapleton 19 Twisted yarn 20 Laptop director? 23 Work the helm 24 Treaty of Rome grp. 25 First lady 28 Not urban 32 Peanut-farming president 34 It’s game objective? 37 Accompanying birth 39 Spherical hairdo 40 “Hold that position!” 44 Letters for impatient bosses 45 Blend, with traffic 46 David ___ Roth 47 Title anew 50 Recovery period 52 Left one’s feet 53 Had avocados 55 Statement of guiding beliefs 59 Terrible 71-Across guest 64 Use, as the good china 66 Creative thought 67 Facial blemish cause 68 Copy a vicious dog 69 “Cheers” character 70 Art ___ (style) 71 Celebrate heartily 72 Yucky food 73 Spotted

DOWN

1 Short pants? 2 T.S. of poetry 3 Chilling 4 Sharper, as a pain 5 Island country in Oceania 6 Mideast Gulf 7 Smeltery byproduct 8 About to freak out 9 Glass component 10 “Narc” attachment 11 Laundry load, typically 12 Building addition 13 A deli bread 21 Place for sweaters 22 Sleuth 26 Phileas Fogg’s creator 27 Uneven, as a shoreline 29 Snitching mobster 30 Tiny matter? 31 Wedding cake tier 33 Cloth for a spill 34 Pre-Revolution VIPs 35 Ona Pacific liner 36 BC Cygni, for one 38 Handed-down stories 41 IRS calculator? 42 “Ye-c-c-ch!” 43 Come to, as conclusions 48 Principally 49 Abbr. of continuation 51 Covers with crumbs 54 Barely earning (with “out”) 56 Show host 57 Classroom chucklehead 58 Nickel finish? 60 Libel, e.g. 61 Hero plus 62 Horrific emperor 63 Squish down 64 Sixth sense 65 Santa ___, Ca.