PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Sacred bird in ancient Egypt 5 Reject 10 Bacardi products 14 Is incapable of 15 Like many touchy topics 16 Sign from above 17 Snow queen voiced by Idina Menzel 18 Unalaska native 19 Range of Anita Baker or Tina Turner 20 Upwardly mobile? 23 Feeding America, e.g., briefly
24 Not just my 25 Believe without confirming 26 Give to a GoFundMe, say 28 For-profit counterpart of a credit union 30 Danson of “The Good Place” 31 Completely wear out 32 Electrical outlet 34 Battle in a brain game 39 Shallowwater boating hazards 40 Bound 42 Austrian mountain 45 Atoms that have lost electrons, for instance
46 What a will distributes 48 16 : Abraham :: 44 : ___ 50 Vote for? 51 Black, Red or Coral 52 Remains united 56 No longer emotionally invested in 57 Islamic analogue for kosher 58 Country between Turkey and Turkmenistan 60 Ascend 61 Extend an ___ branch 62 Crazes that lack staying power 63 Only freely flying mammals 64 Basic belief 65 Cure for writer’s block?
DOWN
1 Winter sculpture material 2 Place for a gala 3 Emblem on a military uniform 4 Deer dad 5 Many a park monument 6 Less tanned 7 ___ Eats (food ordering service)
8 Apt rhyme for “blowout” 9 “I’ll pass” 10 Some chestnut-andwhite horses 11 Accent missing from “HaagenDazs” 12 Introvert’s opportunity to recharge 13 Slept noisily 21 Popular
22 Not quite on the level? 23 Unexpected 27 Six-legged nuisances 28 Heats, as water for rice 29 Performs in a play
32 The Ugly Duckling, eventually 33 Lean 35 Avian hatchling
36 Graceful, one-handed basketball move
37 Buzz generator? 38 Mean critic’s “drink” 41 Green legume 42 Sop up 43 Country on the Gulf of Riga 44 Confessional figure 46 Hole for a shoelace 47 Prepared 49 Real estate units 50 Tequila plant 53 Piece of lore 54 “Hunters” actress Lena 55 Old record player 59 Highly secretive org.