PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Join together 7 “War and Peace,” for one
11 Not well-lit 14 One giving
a speech 15 ___ or false 16 Music genre associated with black eyeliner 17 *Completely immoral supervisor? 19 Financing letters 20 Metallic fabric 21 Burden 22 Bad throw at a casino 23 Like the wolf in a fairy tale 24 *Weaving instructor? 27 Irritates 29 Points of view 30 Like some people who read closed captions 31 Tightly
stretched 35 Vessels with
spigots 36 *Some underthe-table flirting? 39 (OMG!) 41 Maker of Thick & Fluffy waffles 42 Wyatt of the Wild West 46 Actress Sorkin 48 Closer, in a guessing game 50 *Evidently
fake jewel? 54 Slippery,
as a street 55 Pixar movie with talking vehicles 56 Sporty
auto roof 57 Angel costume headwear 59 ___-man band 60 Mess up ... and a hint to 17-, 24-, 36- and 50-Across 63 Lead role in “How I Met Your Mother” 64 Last number
in many prices 65 “Am not!”
response 66 Popular show
letters
67 High cards in
royal flushes 68 Yards’
relatives
DOWN
1 ___ story (sadsounding tale) 2 Nutty
confection 3 Layered pasta
dish 4 Something in
your cart 5 Make a visit 6 Notable span
7 Was surrounded by wavy lines, in a comic 8 Quarrel 9 Party attendees 10 ___ Lingus 11 Start of a letter to a longtime advice columnist 12 Influences 13 Shape-shifts 18 Thumbs-down
votes
22 More like sea salt than iodized salt 23 Like the wolf
in a fairy tale 25 Regarding,
in a memo 26 “Regarding, in a memo” or “Counterbalances” 28 Counterbalances 32 Enjoyed
a buffet
33 Big name
in boots 34 “You’re it!” 37 Certain column in the paper 38 Like freshly cut
grass
39 Dad joke, e.g. 40 Sauce for fettucine
43 “Has the meeting started?” 44 Change the
hue of 45 Inquire nosily 46 Broad
neckties 47 Kind of acid in
fertilizers 49 Stick (to) 51 Make amends 52 Shuffles around aimlessly, say 53 Decide 58 Words before and after “is” 60 Ancestry.com
test subject 61 Spiral-cut
meat
62 ___ Altos,
California