PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Speak off the cuff

6 File that may be read-only 9 Takes ten 14 Tranquility 15 Organ with a drum 16 State ID? 17 Clear wrap brand 18 “Live Free or ___” 19 One of many on a Shasta daisy 20 Netflix series in which Taylor Schilling played Piper Chapman

23 Soda brand whose name is a soda can part

24 Sir, to Beyonce and Jay-Z 25 Itinerary word 28 Classic TV show set on an island 31 Monotony 36 Ultimately profits

39 “No man is an island” poet 40 Boorish 41 Tales that are spun

43 No longer working: Abbr. 44 Prickly plant 46 Dessert with a dense lower layer of chocolate custard

48 Picked up without touching, say? 50 Relatives of hisses 51 Drink often served with scones 52 Heavy weight 54 Fiscal org. based in D.C. 56 Treat with two kinds of icing 64 Frighten 65 ___ pal (rhyming friend) 66 Group of rooms in a hotel

67 Like “It” 68 Many mins. 69 Thin chip maker 70 “Tales From the ___” 71 Lower digit 72 Mushroom parts

DOWN

1 Lhasa ___ 2 Cherished 3 Heroine in “Doctor Zhivago” 4 Words from one who’s unable 5 East Indian, say

6 Foot treatment, informally 7 Candidate’s platform 8 Stews (over) 9 Matured 10 “East of ___” 11 Fill with food

12 Warming of relations 13 Note that becomes a musical piece when “o” is added 21 Ivory’s partner 22 Sexy 25 Action words 26 Accustom 27 Introduce to the mix 29 Spear with a fork 30 Pulsate 32 Brown building? 33 Far from competent 34 Loosen, like laces 35 Jason’s mythical wife 37 Watery expanses 38 Prefix meaning “inside”

42 Unlikely to explode? 45 Signal boost, in a way 47 Assimilation of ideas 49 Headslapping comment 53 Time for a fireworks show 55 Rich source, as of knowledge 56 Taiwanese tech giant 57 ___ a soul (no one)

58 Leak sound 59 Root in purple boba 60 Otherwise 61 Certain bird or toy 62 Twosome in Variety 63 Wriggly swimmers 64 NYSE overseer