PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 One crying “Foul!” 4 Main M.D. 7 Establishes, as a law 13 Green of “Casino Royale” 14 Distinctive times 16 Home of Africa’s Calendar Lake (365 miles long, 52 miles wide) 17 *Popular soda 19 Paged 20 Approved 21 *Widely used educational standards 23 Asian country with a fivesided flag 25 Carne ___ 26 Reggae precursor
27 You might be copied on one 29 Turns pink, say? 31 Amazement 33 Excited about 35 Micro or macro subj. 39 *“SportsCenter” specialty 44 Statistical procedure 45 ’60s boot style 46 “Just a ___!” 47 Sound of relief 51 Supreme Court justices, collectively 53 Lead-in to “pop” or “rock”
56 Notes at work 58 Checkups 61 *Chicago’s region 64 Actress ___ Rachel Wood 65 Encroachment 66 Fans of a certain redheaded host, or a hint to the starred entries 68 Coffee mate’s owner 69 About, in a guess
70 Key hidden in “database” 71 Readies for a dog show, say 72 IRS ID
73 Lip balm brand, or a Greek goddess
DOWN
1 Intel gathering 2 Conjure up 3 Skinsmoothing treatments 4 Bench press muscle, briefly 5 Shoe with holes 6 Home of HP’s HQ 7 Epitomize 8 Silento dance move 9 “Match Game” host Baldwin 10 Crime bosses 11 Miley Cyrus dance move 12 First half of a cassette 15 ___ Club (retail chain) 18 West who played Batman 22 Enraged 24 Hideaway 28 See 41-Down 30 Prepare, as a scene
31 Its max score is 36 32 Sorrow 34 Texter’s
“I can’t believe it!”
36 Do one’s civic duty
37 Gold or silver source 38 Where Queens is, informally 40 Extra NBA periods 41 With 28-Down, “We scare because we care” Pixar film
42 Nwodim of “SNL”
43 ___ the wiser 48 Words after a few deep breaths 49 Rocks with sparkly insides 50 “Slide into my DMs”
52 CFO, e.g. 53 Offering unbeatable service? 54 Recluse 55 Body’s trunk 57 Not deceived by
59 Asian gambling mecca 60 Pretentious sorts 62 Japanese instrument (TOOK anagram) 63 “___ queen!” 67 Popular day to start a diet: Abbr.