PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Badly off base, briefly 5 “SNL” alum Oteri 10 Dorothy’s dog 14 “Will you let me?” 15 Televised 16 You might preheat it 17 Rain on one’s parade? 19 “If I ___ you ...” 20 Word before “mill” or “wool” 21 General ___ chicken 22 Upper arm muscles, informally 23 Tibetan monk 25 Polaris, for one 27 One may hold a TV dinner 31 Luxury German vehicles 35 Pirate’s drink 36 “Boo’d Up” singer Mai 37 France’s Emmanuel 38 Not yet eliminated 40 Present, for the verb “present” 42 “Citizen ___” 43 Druids and Wiccans 45 $$$ dispensers 47 Actress Farrow 48 Plagiarized 49 Crime scene clue left by a vehicle 51 Ness, for one 53 “Got it!” 54 Rorschach test image 57 Like Death Valley 59 Ties, as the score 63 Tomato type 64 Solution for someone who’s stuck in the past? 66 Cain’s brother 67 Budgetconscious prefix 68 “A ___ formality!” 69 One may influence eye color 70 Monopoly payments 71 Nudge
DOWN
1 Play parts 2 Crosswalk verb 3 Start of many a story 4 Probable 5 Cable ___ (San Francisco ride) 6 In the strike zone 7 Big band and disco, in music history 8 Rest 9 That is, to Cicero 10 One may pull an Escape 11 Higher than 12 Garr or Hatcher 13 Least valuable U.S. bills 18 Bring cheer to 24 “Happy Days” ice-cream drinks 26 Great bond rating 27 Sets off, as a fire alarm 28 Charge toward 29 Buddy, in Baja California 30 Island west of Maui 32 Comedy counterpart 33 Type of column 34 Quarterback ___ 37 Viral videos, e.g. 39 Fishy story 41 Like grating noise 44 Classical beginning? 46 Take the helm 49 Not just two times 50 Give a new look to 52 Seek to please, with “to” 54 What many parents do about their kids? 55 Brain section 56 Sign for the superstitious 58 “That’s my cue!” 60 On any occasion 61 He “fiddled” while Rome burned 62 Vehicle rarely seen in the summer 65 How-___ (instructional books)