PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Struts down the runway 8 Be next to 12 Midway through, as a football game 14 Billionth: Prefix 15 Bratty girl in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” 17 Singer Guthrie 18 How many contracts are signed 19 Tom or Jerry 21 “OMG an insect!” 22 Missing 23 Talk, talk, talk 26 Pose a question 27 Revolutionary Guevara 28 Tequila brand that means “the bull” 29 Old-timey 32 “Babe” 33 Author of the influential 2017 cookbook whose title appears at the ends of 15-, 23-, 45- and 54-Across 36 Automated Twitter account 37 Focus (on) 38 “7 Rings” singer Grande 41 Utah site of the 2002 Olympics, for short
42 Telly network 45 It’s in lemons and limes 48 General in “Star Wars” sequels 49 Small part of a machine 50 Connecting cable initials 51 Brings in, as income 52 Subj. with risk and reward 54 ’60s band that indirectly took its name from Sterno
57 ___ Stadium (Mets’ former home) 58 Curved swords 59 Cuddle ___ (snuggling period, slangily)
60 In a hurried manner
DOWN
1 Courtroom typists 2 In danger 3 Move to another train track 4 “Darn it!” 5 “Now I see!” 6 “___ queen!” 7 Group of candidates 8 De Armas of “Blade Runner 2049” 9 Way to stomp grapes 10 Break, as bad habits 11 Developed a knack for
12 St. Teresa’s city 13 Rapper’s asset 16 Farmer’s market bag 20 Canucks’ org. 23 Spiced tea type
24 “57 Varieties” brand 25 Hawke of “Reality Bites” 27 Magna
___ laude 29 Doha’s country 30 U-turn from SSW 31 Certain body sculptures 33 Words accompanying a shrug, often 34 Closing call at an auction 35 Name within “Maurice” 36 Rich French bread 38 What VIP passes grant 39 Org. that researches vaccines 40 Electrically versatile 42 “Come back to earth!” 43 Consisting of zeros and ones 44 Signable limb covers 46 “You love,” to a Latin lover? 47 Simple task 48 “Evil” actress Christine 51 Revise, as a draft
53 “I don’t want to” 55 Long or Peeples 56 Ambulance abbr.