PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Have to 5 African

antelope 8 Lend a helping hand 14 Kindergarten essentials 15 Not just speedwalk 16 Simple shelter 17 *Inventory problem for an office supply store? 19 Elephant or giraffe 20 Start of a new ___ 21 “Except if ...” 23 Behind schedule

24 Garment resembling a tube top 26 Exercised one’s right at the ballot box 27 Poetic globes 29 *Hotel honoring the first Latina EGOT winner? 31 Hollywood products 33 Emphatic assent, in Seville 34 “___ (My Country, ’ Tis of Thee)” 37 Disguised, as a message 42 Oodles 44 Crumble away 45 *Motorized candy dispenser? 51 Temporary beds

52 Healing plants 53 Salad dressing ingredient 55 Any minute now 56 Didn’t bother? 57 “___ ’em!” (order to a dog) 60 Olympic gymnastics champion Biles

62 Allencompassing, or a description for each starred answer’s letter change? 64 Log- on name 65 Sign for much of August 66 Early video game release 67 Rides a bike 68 So far

69 Trade blows

DOWN

1 Puzzle with many lines 2 Popular ridebooking app 3 Game originally named CrissCrosswords 4 General of ChineseAmerican cuisine 5 Popular LGBTQ+ dating app 6 Protons’ places 7 Ousts from office 8 Woeful cry 9 D.C. figure 10 One who left port ... and calls left “port” 11 Person whom the National Prison Project advocates for 12 ___ Island (NYC borough) 13 Ohio birthplace of Gloria Steinem 18 Hair ball? 22 “___ Q” (1968 CCR hit) 25 Acronym for tingleinducing videos (MARS anagram) 26 It can be hushed 27 Friend-friend connection? 28 Edge

30 ISP with a butterfly logo 32 Expresses disappointment 35 Dove sound 36 Overhead 38 Highly social

whale 39 Threshold 40 NYC summer

hrs.

41 ___ Moines 43 How guards walk

45 Let go, as an opportunity 46 Plaza Hotel girl 47 Rocketed 48 Lady of Spain 49 Main course 50 Techie’s suggestion, often 54 Stone on a crown 56 Bulbs in some signs, briefly 58 Tiny bit 59 Powerful policymaker 61 Zilch 63 Targets of many pilates exercises