PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Fabled

51- Down loser

5 Up and about 10 Skipped town 14 Greek H’s 15 Pet parrots’

places 16 Quattro

automaker 17 Cleaning

cloths

18 Inch along 19 Craving 20 Cycle

starter? 21 NBA MVP who plays for Houston? 23 Clever come

backs 25 Before,

to a bard 26 Word before “standard” or “star”

27 <

32 Agreed ( with) 34 Journalist’s

slant 35 Kitchen

gadget brand 36 Heavy

burden 37 Sauce NYT Cooking described as “a mouthful of bright summer” 38 Work with

needles 39 Costa

del ___ 40 Tennis

do- overs 41 Birds in a V 42 Adds some

spice to 45 Band

bookings 46 Yogi’s pad 47 Elite athlete 50 NBA rookie who plays for Charlotte? 55 ___- ray Disc 56 Volcanic

output 57 Alpha’s op

posite 58 Twosomes 59 Excellent pair

in poker 60 Domain 61 Skin

breakout 62 Disavow 63 Peruvian

peaks 64 Barely makes

do, with “out”

DOWN

1 Avis

competitor 2 “Pong” com

pany

3 NBA hothead who plays for Chicago? 4 Snaky curve 5 Harmony 6 City districts 7 James who wrote “A Death in the Family”

8 Ship

stabilizer 9 Shot with

a kick?

10 Sink fixture 11 Skulk

12 Side of a

jigsaw puzzle 13 Count

calories 21 Blend to

gether 22 Sterile work

places, briefly 24 Takes

one’s turn 27 Children mail them to Santa 28 Has a

sandwich 29 NBA “goes by the rules” hoopster who plays for Milwaukee? 30 Line of rota

tion 31 Musical staff

symbol 32 Muralist

Orozco 33 Privy to

34 “It’s ___ fun” 37 Overabun

dance

38 Beer barrels 41 Expensively

finished

43 “Whatever

you want” 44 Moving day

vehicle 45 Sparkles 47 < or >

48 All by

yourself 49 Tricks 50 Inapt rhyme

of “sad” 51 Speed con

test

52 Neck and

neck 53 Warning sign 54 Enjoy a mys

tery

58 Actor Daniel

___ Kim