PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Drains 5 Cultivate 9 Word after “punch” or “sloppy” 14 Land

measure 15 “Live!”

co-host Kelly 16 Bread at an Indian restaurant? 17 Soothing succulent

18 Way off 19 Covered with flakes, in a way 20 *Denim pants that don’t zip up (Hint: In each starred clue’s answer, note the first two + last two letters) 23 Caramel-filled

candy

24 Ger.’s

continent 25 De Armas of

“Knives Out” 27 In the

manner of 29 Emphatic affirmation 33 Clic Stic pen

maker

34 *Part of the family with one’s dada and dadi

36 Plays

charades 38 Couple’s possessive

39 Leafy option at

Sweetgreen 40 *Tote 45 Dream

location?

46 Cry from a jealous girlfriend, perhaps 47 Knee part:

Abbr. 48 Surgery sites,

briefly

49 “So pretty!” 50 Bar in an accessible bathroom 52 *2012 event that featured female athletes from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Brunei

59 Some lines in

circles

60 “Teen ___” (Meg Cabot novel) 61 Purplish berry 62 Chatting on

the web 63 Seaweed enjoyed as a snack 64 Pulitzerwinning Kendrick Lamar album 65 Like an unkempt dog 66 “The ___

Andre Show” 67 Laborious task DOWN

1 Bygone Swedish car

2 RBG’s onetime

employer

3 It can give you a particular angle

4 Handle efficiently 5 Breakfast with

oat clusters 6 Improvised bit

of jazz 7 Australian

gem

8 Needing con-

vincing, say 9 Creator of the

Lorax

10 Do something

dangerous 11 Atop 12 MSNBC fodder 13 One may be under a doormat 21 “Frozen” snow-

man

22 Taunt 25 Embarrass 26 Specialized

market 28 Make amends 29 ___ mate (South American tea) 30 Devilish 31 Couch

potato, e.g. 32 Ownership

papers

35 The “O”

of XO

37 Doing some

cuddling 41 Little Stevie Wonder, for one 42 Texter’s “If you’re asking me ...” 43 Material for

fake nails 44 Chic,

informally 51 Apple tablets 52 Dalai ___ 53 Norse god

of wisdom 54 IX

55 Stench 56 Chicago mayor

Lightfoot 57 Print on militaryinspired fashion, briefly 58 Participate in a

cabaret

59 Lip of a glass