PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Website for

film buffs 5 Machine workers?

9 Splinter

groups 14 Crime film

genre 15 Artificial bait 16 Be of use 17 Graduate’s school (notice letters 3-6 in this clue’s answer) 19 Land, in Lyon 20 Fat source

from a tree 21 ___ by the

light

23 “Don’t give

up!” 24 Face-to-face

exam

26 Taking care of

business 27 Became less emotionally involved with (letters 4-7) 31 Disrespects 34 No longer edible

35 Name hidden

in “Friday” 36 1982 film inspired by “Pong”

37 Dell products 38 Battery contents

39 Monk’s condition, briefly 40 Batman and Robin, e.g. 41 Like the Witch of the West 43 Juliet’s words before “That which we call a rose” (letters 7-10) 47 Good kind of

market 48 Loads and

loads

49 U.K. military branch with jets 52 Hamsterlike

pets

55 Hot, in Vegas 57 Saved on supper, perhaps 58 It celebrates 1867’s Constitution Act (letters 5-8)

60 Reeked 61 Syrian, say 62 Viral internet

item

63 Like a baby’s

arms, usually 64 Russo of “Ransom” 65 Deserving

a “D” grade

DOWN

1 Not suitable 2 Back biter? 3 How a bar

may be lit 4 “Dracula” author Stoker 5 Fashion/

jewelry chain 6 Ban

7 Coll. senior’s

test, maybe 8 Belgrade

resident 9 Smooth and

lustrous 10 No matter

whether 11 One might involve making a king disappear 12 Word before “rotation” or “swing” 13 Coaster? 18 Sculptor

Henry 22 Amount

of work 25 Garment that sounds like a certain dog’s hair 27 Channel whose first letter stands for “Game” 28 Exists no

longer 29 “Garfield” dog 30 Road safety

org.

31 Tuck away 32 Curve, as an

eyebrow 33 Irish loaf 37 Groaner

38 ___ up one’s

sleeve

40 Pickle

flavoring 41 Fame-hungry

person

42 What :-( means 44 Riding down a

river, in a way 45 Toy used on a

staircase 46 “Babe”

director Chris 49 Contest with

bronc riding 50 1836 battle

site in Texas 51 Philadelphia

hockey pro 52 Have a sudden

inspiration? 53 “___, Brute?” 54 Lasting mark 56 Alternative to

steps 59 “Whose side

___ you on?”