PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “He likes it!” cereal
5 Pat down, as before a concert 10 Hardly hilly 14 Sign of things to come 15 Ewoks’ moon 16 Four-letter state that isn’t Ohio or Utah 17 “Goddess of Pop” 18 “Two scoops” cereal 20 Empty talk 22 Pharmacist’s recommendation
23 Be a fan of 24 Approximate weight of a paper clip 26 Sylvester’s nemesis 28 “Snap, Crackle, Pop” cereal 33 Milestone for a start-up co. 34 Stringed Indian instrument 35 Gave four stars, say 39 Substandard 41 Cliched Father’s Day gift 42 Tiny amount 43 Make up on stage 45 Pass, as a law 48 What an avocado is high in 49 “I vant to eat your cereal!” cereal
52 “Aw, shucks!”
55 Unsung ___ 56 In favor of 57 Plays Othello, e.g. 60 Stop surfing? 64 “Follow your nose!” cereal 67 Wicked 68 Mrs. Krabappel on “The Simpsons” 69 Clear, as a chalkboard 70 Bravo star Leakes 71 Snorkeling spot 72 Middle Eastern country with a womenonly village 73 “Silly rabbit!” cereal
DOWN
1 ___ Ness 2 “I think,” in textspeak 3 Podiatrist’s concerns 4 Infuriate 5 Lamborghini competitor 6 Genetic messenger 7 “Oops!... ___ It Again” (Britney Spears album) 8 Mediocre 9 Skater Yamaguchi 10 Little lie 11 Singer whose name is scrambled in her album title “Melodrama”
12 Anticipate 13 Like many barbecue sauces 19 More recent 21 Bothers 25 Clothing item shaped sort of like Michigan 27 Morales of “Ozark”
28 TV host Kelly 29 Popular music player
30 Like the other side of the pillow 31 Virtuous person 32 Deliver a sermon 36 Meat alternative 37 And others, for short 38 Inputs for number crunching 40 Costa ___
44 Title role for Sacha Baron Cohen 46 Clinton who wrote “She Persisted” 47 Spanish bull 50 Fester, Jesse and Sam 51 Convincing 52 One may be “best and final” 53 Unruly mass 54 Provider of aerial footage 58 Fashion designer Burch 59 Fly high
61 At an end 62 Done, in Dijon 63 Show off one’s muscles 65 Buffoon 66 Tire gauge meas.