PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gripping device 6 Iams competitor 10 Not far 14 Variety show 15 Struggling to decide 16 Whale such as Willy

17 ___ on the cake 18 Jon’s dog,

in comics 19 Word after “Iowa” or “Kansas” 20 *World’s fastest commercial electric train

23 One may have gel ink 24 “Indeed!” 25 One of linen’s natural colors 26 *It could be LCD or plasma 31 What a business doesn’t want to be in 34 Property of a color 35 Newborn’s vocal milestone 36 American Eagle lingerie line

37 Top of a Santa costume 38 Eastwood of Hollywood 40 Streaming delay 41 Word with very different meanings after “dog” and “cat”

42 “Now it’s clear!” 43 *Nissan Rogue, e.g.

47 Make simpler 48 Volleyball filler 49 ___ Eaux de Chanel 52 Dispenser of small items

... or, when read as three parts, a hint to the starred answers 56 Antifur org. 57 Certain marsupials, colloquially 58 Believer in kama and karma 59 What a joke is said in

60 To be, to the French 61 Some waffles

62 Eye affliction 63 Catch sight of 64 “Modern Family” and “Friends”

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1 Dessert with a crumbly topping

2 Milk, in Mexico 3 Bird-related 4 Olivia of “The Newsroom” 5 “Fever” singer 6 “Raise your glasses ...” 7 Zinfandel town 8 Butcher’s topnotch offering 9 43,560 square feet 10 “Dunno” 11 Shallowest Great Lake 12 Final part of a play, often 13 Flat fish 21 Colorful part of a match 22 Aspiring M.A.’s test

26 Sat. preceder 27 Rectangle or rhombus 28 Police drama since 2003 29 “I don’t like your ___!” (parent’s warning) 30 Go to the polls 31 Controversial powder 32 Word repeated to express agreement 33 Therefore 37 Those without

38 Many have steeples 39 Tyler who played Arwen 41 “Not a chance!” 42 Giant pandas’ continent 44 House’s counterpart 45 Gloomy 46 Jazz great ___ Lewis 49 Jargon 50 Fund

51 “Dr.” of children’s literature 52 Nair alternative 53 Vintage goods website 54 Trail mix 55 ___-voltage 56 Jammies