PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Inapt answer for 1-Across 4 Rear beef cut 8 Act in someone’s ___ 13 Bucks’ partners

15 “Got it” 16 “Faster!” 17 Restless desire 18 Goes down, like the sun 19 Give a speech 20 Business taxed separately from its ownership 23 Push forcefully 24 Auction offering 25 “Blondie” boy 29 Information unit 31 Where trapeze artists may meet 33 Hwys. 36 Sharing rearing 39 People who celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 41 “I” problem? 42 South ___ (Gangnam District’s country) 43 Fishy health supplement 46 Sensitive ID 47 Intertwine 48 Make a little shorter 50 Appear to be 51 Hoops grp.

54 Like a small garage 58 Structural safety standards, and what the starts of 20-, 36- and 43-Across are doing? 61 Noh drama nation 64 “This is bad!” 65 “Here,” in obedience school 66 Book deal maker 67 Vegetarian protein source 68 Bone-dry 69 Hand-played drum

70 One might wear a kilt 71 Hog’s home

DOWN

1 Decree 2 V-shaped cut 3 Designer’s concern 4 Creamy Italian dish often made with mushrooms 5 Computer operator 6 Nickel isn’t the main one in a nickel 7 Basil-based sauce 8 “Beat it!” 9 Sought help from

10 Big time? 11 Word before “car” or “dealer”

12 Candy’s color source, perhaps 14 Bush

21 One may know you’re solving a crossword right now 22 Slangy response to a relatable tweet 26 Hideouts 27 Places to go for the gold 28 Liver or kidney 30 Blunted blade 32 Glimmer of an idea 33 Reduces to bits, as potatoes

34 Go on and on, with “on” 35 Walk like a crab

37 Cabinet dept. concerned with farming 38 Carrot, e.g. 40 Excitingly fastpaced 44 “___, vidi, vici” 45 Resolve, as details 49 Muslim pilgrimage destination 52 Printing woes 53 Like some committees 55 Beer name 56 Acknowledge 57 High-pitched 59 “Do ___ others ...” 60 Wikipedia page contents, for short

61 The “one” in a one-two punch 62 Back in time 63 Confident solver’s tool