PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Gentle souls 6 Open a crack 10 Get bent out of shape? 14 Queen’s “A Night at the ___” 15 Longrunning PBS show 16 Declare as true 17 Catchphrase for a bumbling cyborg inspector 19 Japanese noodle 20 ___-Man (arcade game) 21 “Law & Order” characters: Abbr.

22 Sort of 24 Become well 26 Drawer handle, perhaps 27 Group that illegally transports goods 32 Come into view 33 Yeses’ counterparts 34 Large Brit. reference 36 Some medical breakthroughs 37 Three-filling sandwich, briefly

38 Fur trader John Jacob 40 Tolkien creature 41 Soul maker

42 Military storehouse 43 Scolding with a single digit 47 British nobleman 48 Atmosphere 49 ’50s music genre 52 Word before “ball” or “guitar” 53 Understand 56 Spot for an icicle 57 Travel bag ID 61 “I’ll have what ___ having” 62 ___ Day vitamins 63 Musical character who sings “Tomorrow” 64 Nirvana singer Cobain 65 Tide capsules 66 Sacred hymn

DOWN

1 Fireplace fuel 2 Per person 3 Start of something big? 4 Hotel lobby freebie 5 Droop 6 Inclusive words 7 Runs at an easy pace 8 Atlantic or Pacific, in Monopoly: Abbr. 9 PG, R and NC17 10 California roll condiment

11 Declare openly 12 “Fancy” singer McEntire “Eat ___ Love”

13 18 “Love conquers all,” for example 23 Negative connector 25 They’re often broken before breakfast 26 Pretzel shape 27 Blue cartoon character 28 Danke, in Dijon 29 Relative by marriage 30 “___ your life!” 31 Ohm or Solti 32 Prefix for “conscious” 35 Like deadpan humor 37 Feeder visitor 38 Best Picture winner set in Iran

39 Iotas 41 Sound of something hitting water 42 Greek gathering place 44 Rockies’ div. 45 Gloppy stuff 46 Gal pals, in Granada 49 Word after “help” or “lap” 50 Waikiki’s island 51 “___ the Rainbow” 52 Ripened 54 Italian volcano 55 What’s pinned on a donkey 58 Cinco menos cuatro 59 Space between teeth 60 Ruby or pearl