PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Pink cocktail,
for short
6 “Deck the Halls” contraction
9 Cognizant
14 Far from flushed
15 Eon’s subdivision
16 Like a jet’s boom
17 Stage presentation about a manicurist?
20 In check
21 Drain, as of energy
22 Crowded convention center, say
23 “Hanna” star Creed-Miles
25 Flat-topped landform
28 Stage presentation with a trio of takeaways?
34 Pronoun for Batwoman
35 Bronze component
36 Bygone Chrysler division named for an explorer
37 Stop
40 ___-Magnon
42 Roadside stopover
43 “Finally!”
45 Clean air org.
47 Uncle, in Uruguay
48 Stage presentation about a religious service?
52 Shears sound
53 Idolize, informally
54 F1 neighbor
57 Canada’s smallest prov.
59 Ocean predators
62 Stage presentation about mountain climbing?
67 Art class fixture
68 Lang. with no widely accepted writing system
69 ___ Martin (007’s car)
70 Poem of lament
71 Grass grown on a farm
72 IOUs
DOWN
1 “Indoor” or
“outdoor” pet
2 Org. that monitors job conditions
3 Close tightly
4 The U.S., e.g., to the U.N.
5 Safe, at the ballpark
6 Earl Grey, for one
7 Apt name for a florist or optometrist
8 Italian sub meat
9 Inquire
10 Anguish
11 Dreamworks’ first film (1998)
12 Puerto ___
13 Agree with, as sentiments
18 Citi Field ballplayer, briefly
19 Buy stuff
24 Really outstanding
26 Cherry leftover
27 Lhasa ___
28 It’s between eta and iota
29 Gets better
30 When some right turns are permitted
31 State-run game
32 Opted for home cooking
33 Textspeak for “seize the day”
34 “Account temporarily suspended” email, usually
38 Typical teen’s talk
39 “NFL Live” channel
41 Composer’s numbered work
44 Baloney, or a meat dish
46 Oscar hopeful
49 “Aida” and “Carmen”
50 Airport takeoff area
51 One way to pay
54 Fencing sword
55 Close very tightly
56 Genitive, for one
58 “Assuming I’m right ...”
60 Prefix for “toxin”
61 Edinburgh native
63 Barrel with a tap
64 Practice, as a trade
65 ___ English
Sheepdog
66 Half of the word “inning”