PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Any Washington Mystic, in ’19

6 Eerie ability, for short 9 Word before “the ball” or “the bass” 13 ___ Sophia (Istanbul mosque) 14 “Moby-Dick” captain 16 Petunia Dursley, to Harry Potter 17 Squares (up) 18 “50% off ” event, e.g. 19 Machu Picchu builder 20 Not follow a yellow highway sign? 23 Soccer great Hamm 24 Like a chimney sweep after work 25 Dearth 29 Take, as a job offer

33 Go bad 34 Very expensive statue of Lisa’s dad? 37 Historic periods 39 Sturdy tree 40 Had on 41 Tableland in your average Southwest city? 46 Whole lot

47 Bagel type with small seeds 48 Where to take the plunge? 50 Fit for a queen 53 Roses-red link 54 Blameshifting breakup line ... or a homophonic hint to 20-, 34- and 41-Across 60 Feng ___ 61 Top-level ocean predator 62 Calibri alternative 63 Having many pages 64 Gossip 65 “Game of Thrones” nobles

66 ___ to the public 67 “That’s the spot!” 68 What goes down on a playground?

DOWN

1 “Half-Breed” singer 2 Own

3 “I haven’t seen you in ___!” 4 Kid who closely resembles an adult, say 5 Alternative to rushing 6 Only cardinal direction that isn’t in a U.S. state name

7 Palindromic former rulers 8 Ancient (and modern) diet 9 Elsie, for one 10 Ladder unit 11 At an earlier time 12 After-school org. 15 Complain about

21 ___ Tuesday (time to eat tortilla dishes) 22 Carve with acid 25 Zones 26 Carried, as by water 27 Remains

28 X AE A-12 Musk’s father 30 Overact 31 Eva of “Evita” 32 Pattern in data 35 Beaver’s creation 36 Just made, with “out”

38 Leo, for J.Lo and J-Law 42 Red sky in the morning, to some

43 “It’s all cool” 44 12-time Pro Bowler Junior 45 Off-theground tricks 49 Gas, across the pond 51 Courts that may have skylights 52 Another name for Spandex 54 Breakfast chain 55 Apt-sounding song for an animation? 56 Promise 57 Alexa relative 58 Org. promoting the use of rideshares 59 “Do it or ___!” 60 ___-mo