PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bistros 6 Sleeveless undergarment, for short 10 Crow (about) 14 Looped in 15 2010 statute that expanded Medicaid, familiarly 17 Do a queen’s job 18 *Greyhound purchase (see letters 3-7) 19 “Get a ___, you two!” 21 Pioneering internet provider

22 ESL component: Abbr. 23 Energy 25 What a defect might prompt 28 Regarding 29 *Unparalleled company in a field (letters 4-7) 32 Home of the world’s five tallest buildings 33 Organ with a canal 34 Major success 37 Banished to sleep on a couch, say

... or where to find the starred answers’ hidden items 41 Dying words from Caesar 42 Prefix for “metric” or “logical” 43 Location 45 *Envelope-slitting tool (letters 6-9) 49 Church part that sounds high-tech 52 “Elementary, my dear Watson” speaker of film 53 M.A. hopeful’s test 54 By way of 55 Marry 56 Football field unit 58 *Remnant of a diverted river (letters 3-6) 62 Drain by percolation 65 Rural drinking supply, often 66 Time’s Up movement kin 67 Glide on snow 68 “What Not to ___” 69 Glide on ice

DOWN

1 Component of

a jam 2 “WOW!” sensation 3 “Granted” 4 Thus 5 Madame,

in Spain 6 Kernel holder 7 ___ Dhabi 8 Indian spice

mixture 9 “Rumor has it

...” 10 Secretly include on an email 11 Doesn’t just leave leaves 12 “Well, ___ you special?” 13 Beginning, informally 16 Not feel so hot 20 Brawl 23 Masters org. 24 Dairy spokescow 26 Clothed (in) 27 Extremely lightweight material 28 Stir to action 30 Clash 31 Environmental prefix 35 Downloading apps while not on Wi-Fi, say 36 Alliterative Pan or Parker 38 Midnight blue, e.g. 39 Hand-washer’s target 40 Balderdash 44 Before, poetically

46 No one is above it, they say

47 As of now 48 Biblical book of poems 49 Swears 50 Dot on a screen 51 Mink relative 55 URL letters 57 Smell awful 59 Like buffalo nickels 60 Mauna ___ (Big Island peak)

61 Call Richard “Robert,” say 63 Impermanent bed 64 Weeding tool