PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Next in line for a throne 5 “On the Origin of Species” author 11 Criticize harshly 14 ___ facto 15 “Me! Me!” 16 Game with +2 cards 17 Spanish guy who plays a certain basketball position? 19 Word after “living” or “dead” 20 Small couch 21 Some Mad magazine pieces 23 Like the math problem 1+ 1 26 Fedora, for one 27 Play wright turned president Vaclav 30 Dorm VIPs 32 Ones with “superior” taste 35 “Garfield” dog 36 Move with stealth 38 King, to Brigitte Macron 39 German guy who fixes things up? 42 Decide 43 Smart ___ (know-it-alls) 44 Almond-like color 45 What minimalists have a minimal amount of 47 Every other hurricane 48 Lip application 49 Work of ___ 50 Bicker 52 Actress Flockhart 56 Pressing 60 “Uh-huh” 61 French guy who’s a pool shark? 64 Absorbed, as a cost 65 Capers 66 People want to receive bills from them 67 “As if!” 68 Brother’s daughters 69 Disorderly crowds

DOWN

1 Blow off steam? 2 Blunted blade 3 Fails to be 4 Dad’s product 5 Chops into cubes 6 Citrus drink suffix 7 Director Howard 8 Clever types 9 You may bounce one off of someone 10 View from Edinburgh 11 Island near Dominican Republic 12 Author Rice 13 Silent signals 18 Authentic 22 “At Seventeen” singer Janis 24 Floral painting by Van Gogh 25 Personal check? 27 Santa’s favorite snacks? 28 Highly skilled 29 Digital dog, e.g. 31 Furnace feeder 33 Ill-mannered sorts 34 Skull cavity 36 Abbr. before a number 37 Sterile workplaces, briefly 40 River worker ... or, if “C” is added, trade worker 41 Oldfashioned message 46 Part of TGIF, briefly 48 Expert 51 Answer you’re not confident about 52 Printer’s blue hue 53 One for the road? 54 Braxton who sang “Un-Break My Heart” 55 A chip, maybe 57 Opposite of endo58 Deaden 59 “Working Girl” girl 62 (Not my error) 63 “On the rocks” rocks