PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Black or green beverages 5 First ___ (ship officer) 9 Pigs 14 Leave out 15 Ever so slightly 16 San ___ (city near Long Beach) 17 Angel who was 2019’s AL MVP 19 Changed the look of 20 One is always seen with a trunk 21 They may be free or rhyming

22 Smell or taste 23 Like horror novels 25 Gives lip to 27 Obsolete tape players

31 ___ Island (borough with no subway station)

35 See 42-Across 36 Verdi solo 37 With 39-Across, noted abstract impressionist 39 See 37-Across 41 Type of wrestler

42 With 35-Across, tropical rum cocktail 44 Nephews’ siblings 45 Manipulates 46 Without profit

48 Better, in rap lingo 49 Nonsense 54 Like pants worn to a gala 58 Engine mishaps 60 The Cowboys, for the Eagles 61 Member of NSYNC 62 Advil alternative 63 Kurylenko of “Quantum of Solace” 64 Suffix for “Smurf” 65 Pool fillers? 66 Secluded valley 67 Noble gas with the atomic number 10

DOWN

1 Big books 2 Author Zola 3 “American Idol” runnerup Clay 4 You might take them down 5 Kate in “House of Cards” 6 Makes amends 7 Least loose 8 Summer hrs. in Raleigh 9 Wild shopping adventure 10 Stare creepily 11 Racetrack postings 12 Cheese with a soft rind

13 Covers with turf 18 Concerns for prospective Ph.D.s 21 Nostradamus was thought to have them 24 Gather, as crops 26 Inconsistency 27 Low-lying land 28 Gator cousin 29 Main ingredient in risotto 30 ___ Fifth Avenue 31 Silicon Valley sch. 32 Thracian T’s 33 Cartoon anvil maker 34 Some boxing match results, briefly 38 Countrywide: Abbr. 40 Richard or Eva descriptor

43 Flowing glacier feature 47 Kind of juice in a screwdriver 48 Little bits of land 50 “American Idol” winner Studdard 51 Very angry 52 Basil sauce 53 German city hidden in “United States Senate” 54 Pull, as through the mud 55 Annoy 56 Like 2010 or 2020 57 Action often symbolized by a floppy disk 59 Volunteer’s declaration 61 Cabin component