PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Boys 5 Single piece of information 10 Letter opener: Abbr. 14 “Preach!” 15 Colleague of Clarence and Ruth
16 Take a risk 17 *Setting of “Wine Country” (see letters 4-7) 19 “A Black Lady Sketch ___” 20 Thin IHOP order 21 What archers take
23 Craft beer letters 24 Suffix for “velvet” 25 Pile up 29 Showing signs of life 31 Lucasfilm ___ 32 *Reward for tanking, in basketball (letters 5-8) 34 Texter’s “however” 36 Forest female 37 Listen here! 38 Got firmer, as muscles 40 Party features with tildes
44 B or Blanc 45 Fox’s prey 46 Chitchat 47 *They’re webcast (letters 5-8)
52 Dameron in “Star Wars” movies 53 Withdraws from nursing 54 “I’m well ___” 55 Morning moisture 56 Sister with a habit
57 List shortener, for short 59 Source of tequila 61 Colorful eye part 63 Low-priority place, and a hint to the starred answers’ indicated letters 67 ___ of the above 68 Dazed and confused 69 Unit of land 70 Nibble to no end 71 Rule the roost 72 Rosary bit
DOWN
1 Round Table knight 2 Almondflavored liqueur 3 Have a need for 4 Suddenly lose it 5 “Breaking Bad” agcy.
6 ___ of the above
7 ___ Aviv 8 Anxiety
9 “Pretty please?” 10 Commercials, e.g. 11 Papeete’s island
12 ___ of Capricorn 13 Cory Booker was its mayor 18 Schnitzel base, often 22 Like some Mexican ruins 26 Spacecraft unit
27 On the summit of 28 Jeanne d’Arc, for one: Abbr. 30 Lean cuisine eater of rhyme 33 Carl or Rob 35 Encircle 39 Like flourless cakes 40 Proveganism grp.
41 Performance with many clicks
42 Skin cream ingredient 43 Way to serve kebabs
45 “In what way?” 47 Dominating, in slang 48 Transmitting cell 49 Weird weather cause 50 Obey an eviction notice 51 Football great Junior
58 Way up the slope 60 Take quickly 62 Embroider, e.g. 64 2000-2015 CBS hit 65 Frat party staple
66 Put on a blacklist