PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Endures 6 Clearasil target 10 Award quartet acronym 14 Metal mixture 15 “Hold the phone!” 16 Meditation mentor 17 Dentist’s greeting to a regular? 20 Word after “hot” or “winning” 21 Swerved wildly 22 “Morning Edition” network 23 Sharpen, as a skill 24 Federal property org. 25 Scatter seeds 28 ___ Paulo 30 Colorful eye part 32 Wipe from a drive, perhaps 34 Made tense? 37 Part of a Facebook feed 40 Dentist’s reaction to shocking news? 43 Connecting point 44 Norwegian capital 45 Lauder of cosmetics 46 Semi- hard Dutch cheese 48 Ariana Grande’s “___ Is a Woman” 50 “Let me see ...” 51 Thesaurus entry: Abbr. 53 Deli offering 56 Basketball hoop 58 School spirit event 60 ___ Itt of the Addams Family 64 Dentist’s voice mail message while on vacation? 66 1/ 100 of a euro 67 Width x length, for a rectangle 68 Second chances 69 “Split” hair parts 70 No longer cluttered 71 Perfect places

DOWN

1 Chips brand 2 Plenty 3 Speak indistinctly 4 Classic arcade coin 5 Nerve cells’ junctions 6 Reaction to a kitten video 7 Basic ball game 8 “Hello,” in Mandarin 9 Long, long time 10 Bronte heroine Jane 11 Deteriorating 12 Looks like a creep 13 Swinton whose first name sounds like a squiggly mark 18 Bhindi, on Indian menus 19 Animal on a road sign 25 Stitched ( up) 26 World’s bestselling cookie 27 Lake associated with Thoreau 29 Beethoven’s Ninth, e. g. 31 Debuts on Wall St. 33 Snow transport 35 WNBA’s Dream, on scoreboards 36 City haze 38 Originate, with “from” 39 “How do you like ___ apples?” 41 Fannie Mae offering 42 So- so at best 47 Amo, amas, ___ 49 Top predator of the oceans 51 Nutmeg, for instance 52 Gulf of Aden nation 54 “Clemency” actress Woodard 55 Hypercompetitive sort 57 Subtle, as a color 59 Dirt road hazards 61 Fries or hash browns, often 62 Clickable desktop image 63 Famous loch 65 Snitch