PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Lead-in to “final”
5 Door
directive
9 ___
chauvinist 13 Osiris’ wife 14 Grimm beginning 15 Fluttered, like a flag 16 (What just happened?!) 17 Michelin measure of quality 19 Beehive sound 20 Going ___ (fighting) 21 Heir’s concern 22 Summed 24 Microwave 25 Companion of Wynken and Blynken 26 When the Rose Parade airs
30 Heat “unit” for chili
31 Shad eggs 32 Org. that sells stamps 36 Boo-Boo Bear’s buddy 37 Uninteresting, as food 39 Roberts who has written 225+ romance novels
40 “As ___ on TV” 41 Butter on the farm? 42 “Don’t
___ it!”
43 Due-date extensions 47 Partner of gown or trade 50 Verb that sounds like a vowel 51 Archaeologist’s dig site 52 First name of TV’s Monk 54 One may get bald with age 55 Soft touch 58 Washington chopped one down, in a myth 60 Currency in Chihuahua 61 Forum robes 62 Perfume ingredient 63 Common April forecast 64 Image of a folder, e.g.
65 Z, in sorority names 66 Acceptable
DOWN
1 Relieved or exasperated sound 2 Biblical birthright seller 3 Run poorly 4 AOL or MSN 5 Theater wall hanging 6 Like many teens’ rooms 7 Ella Fitzgerald’s forte 8 She/___ pronouns
9 LeBlanc of “Friends” 10 Birdlike 11 Slow, musically 12 ___ out (barely defeated) 15 Narrowwaisted insects 18 Brought up 20 First among men?
23 Not before or after 24 National park known for its red cliffs 26 Often-blue birds 27 Spiky succulent 28 A 5-Down may be in one 29 Catch a radio show, say
33 As it were 34 Poke 35 Comic ___ (informal font)
37 Viva competitor 38 Doily fabric 42 Cheese that may be baked 44 Sounds from the MGM mascot
45 It has the same consonants as “purest” 46 “I found it!” 47 Spiny succulents 48 Committee type
49 Rival of Ragu 53 Turkmenistan neighbor 54 Factual 56 Where the Himalayas are 57 Award for “Oklahoma!” 59 Celebrity news site 60 Way to go, for some athletes