PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Geographical reference book 6 Subject where you may be graded on a curve? 10 E’en so 13 Fuss in front of a mirror 14 Salk vaccine target
15 Cut with an ax 16 *Pretends (see letters 6to9) 18 Traveler’s stop 19 The Holy ___ 20 Postmortem bio
21 React to a cringeworthy comment 23 *“Good question!”
(2 to 5) 26 Cuts with scissors 29 “Extreme” prefix 30 Glaswegian girl 31 Umami, for example 33 Understood 36 www.harvard.___ 37 *Multiarmed ocean critter (3 to 6) 39 Beach ball filler 40 “That ___ a close one!” 41 Euphonium relatives
42 Submit to the IRS
43 Gem in an oyster 45 Detect 46 *Faces off
(8 to 11) 51 Prince William, to Archie 52 Has regrets about 53 Pitcher’s stat 56 Allow 57 Junkyard warning, and a hint to the starred answers’ hidden category members 61 Faux ___ 62 Amino and acetic 63 Garnish on a toothpick 64 ___-pitch softball 65 Mechanical
learning 66 Post-it
messages
DOWN
1 Google Play
buys 2 ___-or-false
quiz 3 Low-cal 4 Breakfast hrs. 5 Sewing kit items
6 ___ Python 7 In the manner of 8 What the odd letters in “twitch” spell 9 Serious trouble, so to speak
10 “Not a good idea!” 11 Ergo 12 Possessed 14 Picked up the tab
17 Org. of Magic and Mavericks 22 Tel Aviv’s land: Abbr. 23 Directions device 24 Ejects from office 25 Sephora rival 26 Boatload 27 Zilch 28 “Seems likely” 31 Set aside 32 Words in many similes 34 Sesame and sunflower 35 Peach or plum 37 Attorneys’ association 38 Currency in Cologne 42 Start of a giant’s chant
44 Certain immigrant’s subj. 45 “Leaving already?” 46 Swallows hard 47 “Paper Moon” Oscar winner Tatum 48 Baseball or baseball card transaction 49 Yours and mine 50 Rock concert souvenir 53 Tweak, as crossword clues 54 Wander around 55 Years and years 58 ___-friendly 59 Joke writer’s forte 60 Progressive woman?