PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Threads for bed 4 Like a bounced check 7 Drop the ball 11 Promise hidden in “impecunious” 12 Cats, in Catalonia 14 Disney heroine voiced by Auli’i Cravalho 15 Author Amy 16 Layer that blocks ultraviolet rays 17 Subsequently 18 *German chancellor, 2005-present 21 Food label fig. 22 Not yet scheduled: Abbr. 23 Land unit 27 *With 49-Across, British prime minister, 197990

31 Kind of statement in programming 33 In the red or in the black? 34 Tea of “Madam Secretary” 36 Charlottesville sch. 37 Puppy’s sharp sound 38 Some albums, briefly 40 ___ Lingus 41 CD’s backside?

42 Citrus drink suffix

43 “___ my case!” 45 “___ Mode” (2018

No. 1 hit) 47 Prefix for “pod” or “pub” 49 See 27-Across 51 Analogy words 52 Airborne anomaly 54 “Xanadu” grp. 55 *Indian prime minister, 1966-77 and 1980-84 61 Musician’s exercise 64 Vetoed 65 Sometimesspiced drink 66 Formed a crust 67 What may feel interminable at a terminal 68 Chicken ___ king 69 Tablet choice 70 Bear’s abode 71 Opposite of wane

DOWN

1 Gyro bread 2 ___ of Arc 3 Like chorus lines? 4 Middle Eastern marketplace 5 One of three in a water molecule 6 Hostess sweet with a hole 7 Lose air or fizz 8 Grain in a skin care mask 9 Bill featuring a pyramid

10 Remote 12 *Israeli prime minister, 196974 13 Person from Belgrade 14 Actress West 19 “It follows that ...”

20 2016 vice presidential candidate 24 Sunday school site

25 Take away 26 Completely charm 27 “The Karate Kid” mentor 28 Nike rival 29 Closest to spoiling 30 If nothing ___ 32 Michelle Obama or Laura Bush ... or any starred woman in this puzzle, for her position? 35 Pledge

39 Like many parents at graduations 44 Legendary 46 Clickable image 48 Worked up a sweat 50 Crete’s sea 53 Track down 56 Flanders on “The Simpsons” 57 Shaft on a Sienna

58 Tie game result 59 Hawaiian dance 60 Big-screen film format 61 ___-fi 62 Spending limit 63 Letters between names