PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 He carries the weight of the world on his shoulders 6 Crash into forcefully 9 Intended 14 Take a big bite 15 Summer ___ (Samuel Adams brew) 16 Second stage of grief 17 Talking about constantly 19 Very serious 20 Last part 21 Cynthia Erivo had the lead one in “Harriet” 22 Wading birds with long bills 23 Instructive figures? 24 They keep their distance 25 Adjusting 29 Concept or conception 30 Fall cleanup tool 31 Word after “sugar snap” or “sweet” 34 Do in, as a dragon 35 Flower common in Chinese art 37 Old boyfriend? 38 Female quail 39 Ball-andmallets game 40 Take it easy

41 Making learn 45 Wrist afflictions 48 All alternative 49 Like the animals on Noah’s ark 50 Land measure 51 E.T.’s vehicle 54 Golf course 55 Piping up 57 Map within a map 58 Container for tea or flowers 59 Soothing agent 60 Many high schoolers 61 Affirmative vote 62 Espionage figures

DOWN

1 Muscle pain 2 More-enough connector 3 Jesus, to Christians 4 Elec. current unit

5 Like screw threads 6 Kind of sleeve 7 Popular succulent

8 “Of Mice and ___” 9 Powerful person 10 Make more nutritious, say 11 Openmouthed 12 When to give in, per Churchill

13 Lock for a barber 18 Two-word denial 22 Like Guy Fieri’s hair 23 Make-orbreak time 24 Trumpeting bird

25 A big one often gets away 26 Mindless, like chatter 27 College admissions official 28 Caretaker of horses 31 Rounded part of a hammer 32 “It is the ___, and Juliet is the sun!” 33 Impala or Mustang 35 Beat excitedly

36 Some shade trees

37 Soft French cheese 39 Rite-minded people? 41 Get cloudier, perhaps 42 Stir up

43 Par for the course 44 Rock with many bands 45 Leave hastily, informally 46 “Common Sense” pamphleteer 47 Washer cycle 50 Pirate’s greeting 51 Wrinkly citrus 52 Number of angles in a pentagon 53 Unnamed individuals 55 Tax pro 56 Day break?