PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Bypass

5 Ships that were measured in cubits 9 Warnings from

Fido

13 Initial poker

contributions 15 Emmywinning comedian Love 16 Stir up 17 2-Down +

5-Down? 19 Name that anagrams to “Mary” 20 Pigpen 21 “Here’s the

deal ...” 22 Short-long

metrical foot 23 Walk

heavily 24 Fashion

imprint 26 Respond to a

job ad

29 Thing in the plus column

32 Pro shop pegs 33 Grassland 38 Actress Thurman 39 Eco-friendly

org. 40 34-Down + 25Down?

41 Debt letters 42 Trojans’ sch. 43 Abandon 44 Abbr. before a recipient’s name 45 Musical composition

47 ___ tooth (love of sugar) 48 Some online product services 51 Smoke

duct

53 ___ gin 55 “Asteroids”

consoles 57 Babysitter’s

challenge 60 Middle of a

planet

61 They sound more similar than they look ... and are central to this puzzle’s theme 63 Austrian

mountains 64 “It slipped!” 65 Greek I’s 66 Bottom of

a statue 67 “What ___

is new?” 68 Letter

format? DOWN

1 French for

“without” 2 Tree

protuberance 3 ___-bitty 4 Princess’s annoyance 5 Audibly 6 Spreadsheet

divisions 7 Prepare to pop

the question 8 Better half? 9 They clash

in battle 10 16-Across +

47-Across? 11 Unwavering

12 Chunk of

bacon

14 In a cunning

manner 18 Bloke’s bathroom

23 Start of a texter’s request, maybe

25 Cry loudly 26 Wolfed down 27 Cola wars side 28 45-Across +

60-Across? 30 Act

theatrically 31 Jeer at 33 Cambridge

sch.

34 Miss the mark 35 Org. that accredits law schools 36 Castellaneta who voices Homer

37 Like antiques 40 Crossing the

Caribbean, say 44 Admiration

46 “Big” or “blue”

follower 47 Dish served

with wasabi 49 Lake partially

in Nevada 50 Piano accompaniment? 51 Cold, pink

cocktail 52 ChapStick

target 53 Worker during

a strike 54 “Whatever ___ Wants” (“Damn Yankees” song) 56 Rock concert blasters

57 Fanatical

about 58 Spiteful 59 (Over here!) 62 “I didn’t see

that wall!”