PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

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1 Boost up 5 Salt-N-___ (hip-hop group) 9 Alternative to steps 13 A lot of lot? 14 Regrets 15 000 16 *Stream outward (French: letters 1 to 4, English: 5 to 7) 18 000 19 Stealthy eBay bidder 20 “Cogito ___ sum” 22 Roulette transaction 23 Approx. 24 Battery size 26 What a sleeve covers 27 *“A Man for All Seasons” man (Spanish: 7 to 9, English: 10 to 13) 34 Caboose’s position 36 Reaction to a foot rub 37 Like the Six Million Dollar Man 38 God, in Islam 40 “Ciao!” 42 “But of course!” 43 Colonel Sanders’ beard 45 Spanish for “gold” 47 Nickname that drops “dore” 48 *In plain view (English: 7 to 9, French: 10 to 12) 51 Lion’s home 52 Alto or tenor instrument, informally 53 Consumes 56 “Steady as ___ goes” 59 Where Eve lived 61 Latin phrase meaning “from the beginning” 63 Devotee 65 Fluent in two languages, or like each starred answer’s pair of hidden words? 67 Signs that may bring bad luck 68 Frozen treat 69 ___ buco 70 Care for, as a garden 71 Camping shelter 72 Complete collections

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1 Run out, like a subscription 2 Desktop pictures 3 One might contain grapes and blueberries 4 Maryland athlete, for short 5 Proportionately 6 The “E” of E.U.: Abbr. 7 Buttigieg from South Bend 8 Guru’s retreat 9 Gun, as an engine 10 Kuwaiti, e.g. 11 Tunneling animal 12 “Check this out!” 15 Gets a closer shot 17 Glossophobia, for public speaking 21 Seize 25 “Moby-Dick” captain 28 About to explode 29 “What a kidder!” 30 Castle protectors 31 Free of charge 32 Houston university 33 Lingering sound effect 34 Big name in sauce 35 The Boring Company founder Musk 39 People who have stock? 41 Blows it 44 Sized up visually 46 Having fewer snacks, maybe 49 At all 50 Beasts of burden 54 “Halt!” to a salt 55 Flies alone 56 Coin opening 57 “Where the heart is” 58 Like the score 20-20 60 “Good going!” 62 Grps. like Amnesty International 64 December 31, for 2020 66 Cariou of “Blue Bloods”