PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 One may be Grade A 4 Pageant prize 9 Verde or roja

dip

14 Call out

15 ___ nerve (retina-brain connector) 16 Truck attachments for winter 17 *Traditional Easter meal (notice letters 4to6) 19 Cary of “The Princess Bride”

20 Fort Knox bar 21 Witherspoon of “Walk the Line” 23 Oolong, for example 24 Mooring place 25 *Brahma or Devi (4 to 7) 27 Batting position 29 Concert tour worker 30 Stud location 31 Hold the floor 35 Word before “money” or “crop” 36 *2010 act that gave coverage to millions, informally

(4 to 6)

39 Not pass, in school 42 Teaser ad 43 Shop appliance, briefly

46 Taking

Rx drugs 49 Contents of a helpful column 51 *Intensive care enclosure

(4 to 7)

55 List element 56 Uncle, in Uruguay 57 Texas city whose name is Spanish for “flat” 58 Peter out 59 The March King 61 Certain spy, or a hint to the starred answers’ indicated letters 63 More refined 64 Merchant group 65 Addams cousin 66 Balance sheet plus 67 Buenos ___ 68 Old game console

DOWN

1 It may be lunar or solar 2 Italian dessert that’s similar to sorbet 3 Workout paraphernalia 4 Basis for a lawsuit 5 Wall St. launch 6 Video game pioneer 7 Ready for baking, like dough

8 Took steps 9 Olympic swimmer’s wear, perhaps 10 More than most 11 Good time to dig for clams 12 Honeybunch 13 Tested, as an ore sample 18 Brought into the world 22 California’s Big ___

25 Wife of Zeus 26 “At ___!” (standing order, in a sense) 28 Corn holder 32 Electric guitar need

33 Roof sealant 34 Environmentalist’s prefix 36 Cassini of fashion

37 She loves, in Latin

38 Retina cell near a cone 39 Place for a pedicure 40 On edge 41 Jason Mraz hit that spent 76 weeks on Billboard’s Hot 100 43 A,B,C,D,Eor K 44 Transparent sheet 45 Gets set? 47 Head out 48 NBC sketch show 50 Vague sense 52 Subarctic forest 53 Bored feeling 54 Polite refusal 58 States further 60 “We’ll ___ about that!” 62 Infant follower?