PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “That’s
my cue!”
5 The 411
9 Story with
a moral
14 One of 500
at Daytona 15 Amanda Gorman or Langston Hughes 16 Lubricated 17 “... plus, a certain smoked fish is another favorite of mine”? 20 Actress Davis 21 Advil
competitor 22 Edgar
Allan ___ 23 Goof up 24 Biological
pouch 26 Glowing
review
28 Ares’ mother 29 Landforms at
river mouths 33 Shredding
company? 37 Defunct Swedish car brand 38 Org. concerned with cybersecurity 39 Brainstorming
result 40 Flexible spectacles? 45 Empty ___ (certain parent)
46 Foot’s curve 47 Move like a
shark
49 Org. concerned with cannabis 50 “The Simpsons” character critiqued by Hari Kondabolu
53 “___ knows?” 56 Blue toon in a mushroomshaped home 58 Rapper Kendrick
60 Pitcher’s boast during a shutout?
63 Water filter
brand 64 Person you
idealize 65 ACL’s leg part 66 Fidgety
67 Talks
incessantly 68 Auctioneer’s
last word
DOWN
1 What a
P.R. agent cultivates 2 One may dig for coal
3 ___ and wiser 4 Rejection in Berlin 5 Wall St. debut 6 Sign at a full motel 7 Have a sense 8 “Something else” category 9 Eternally 10 What a snowboarder catches, slangily
11 Plane, say, on a
radar screen 12 Jay who hosted “The Tonight Show” 13 Sharp part of a
knife 18 Powerful beam 19 Cleverly avoid 25 Singer Grande,
to fans
27 “Lord of the Rings” language for pointy-eared beings
28 Bad ones are
hard to break 30 Natural destroyer of sandcastles 31 Las Vegas 53Down team 32 The Mediterranean, for one 33 Record
on video 34 Corn
servings 35 Concert, for a
band
36 Small utensil 37 Identity thief ’s
target, briefly 41 Long Island
paper 42 Filthy
43 “___ you
serious?” 44 Climb up 48 Like an
overripe pear 50 ___ acid (protein component) 51 Solar energy
device 52 Encouraged 53 Hoops org. for Diamond DeShields 54 What you may hit when you’re in a jam 55 Memorial bio 57 Name hidden
in “overheard” 59 Vessels like
Noah’s 61 Extra hockey
periods: Abbr. 62 ___ Def (rapper)