PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Big name in
gumdrops 5 Tourney stage before the finals 10 Preschool
topic
14 Leave out 15 Home of Goya’s
“The Third of May 1808” 16 Nothing more
than
17 Very costly mistake ( see letters 4 to 6) 19 Graceful bend 20 Gambol about 21 Kin’s partner 23 Trippy drug 24 Fragrant rings 26 Birth helpers 28 Requiring a step stool, perhaps
( 3 to 7) 32 Prefix for
“favor”
33 “That smarts!” 34 Scale- y astro
logical sign? 35 Texter’s “I
think ...” 37 Garment whose name aptly ends with “t” 40 Eastern Europe’s Sea of ___
41 Pickle piece 43 Light gas, in
two ways 45 Employ 46 Upper- ear jewelry items ( 6 to 10) 50 Took five 51 The ___ of the
party 52 American cur
rency: Abbr. 53 Type of electrical converter 55 Without delay 59 Solar panel
spot
61 Words before a stunt, and a hint to 17-, 28- and 46- Across 63 Overlook
deliberately 64 Farm song
refrain
65 W alternative 66 Sweet Italian bubbly 67 Works like
a dog
68 They may be stacked in a kitchen cabinet
DOWN
1 Remove,
as a hat 2 Minnesota’s
Ilhan
3 Mambo king
Puente
4 Buys time 5 Plausible
but wrong
6 “Umm ...” 7 Write on 8 Enthusiastic response to “Who wants cake?”
9 In a way 10 Piece of band
gear 11 “This woman’s place is in the House — the House of Representatives!” campaigner, 1970
12 Pass back and
forth over 13 Tournament
position
18 Not be
straight with 22 Throw with
force
25 “No ___ luck!” 27 Princess played by Carrie Fisher
28 “The Big Bang
Theory” star 29 Led to
the exit
30 Any object 31 Dine on 32 Word with “golf ” or “jockey” 36 Muesli tidbits 38 Stagger
39 “Cornflake
Girl” singer 42 Actress
Moreno 44 Pretty swell 47 Tres ___ cake 48 Salad recipe instruction 49 ’ 80s jazz subgenre 52 ___ Minor ( Little Bear constellation) 54 Nile queen,
briefly
56 He was found in a 2003 film 57 Word on
a penny 58 Goddess
of discord 60 James Comey’s former org. 62 Really enjoy