PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Top seed’s

reward

4 Frolic 8 Cowboy’s

pants 13 “Hahaha,”

in a text 14 Now more

than ___ 15 Agree

17 In the past 18 “Billions” actor

Asia ___ Dillon 19 Move stealthily

20 Low pitch indicator, in music 22 Gets closer to 23 Aussie

hopper 24 Sharp knock 26 Fjord, for

instance 27 Beachcomber’s find 29 Marks on

shoes

31 ___ spectrum 33 Palindromically titled fashion magazine 34 Short comedy routine 37 Doonesbury cartoonist Garry

39 What some people can’t tolerate 41 Band hidden

in “One Love” 42 Name that anagrams to “coin” 44 Did some restaurant work 45 Turtleneck, for

one

47 Kind of paint

or glove 48 Nicki who sang “Anaconda” 51 Enjoyed fufu,

say

52 Athlete once ineligible for the Olympics 53 Dickinson who wrote almost 1,800 poems 54 Riboflavin, e.g. 58 Put aside

for later 60 Wine list section

61 Like a fox 62 Gregarious 63 Word with

“rug” or “code” 64 Take

advantage of 65 Watches over,

as a fire 66 Stephenson who coined “metaverse” 67 Touch gently

DOWN

1 Reveal secrets 2 Class with poses 3 It hits the ground when you’re running 4 Place to end up after walking the plank 5 Shape such as 0 6 Cab devices 7 Foreword follower

8 Pet in many a

YouTube video 9 Worst possible track meet result 10 Quaking trees 11 Flower feature 12 Apt rhyme for

“bore” 16 Obstacle in

a course? 21 Strongly built 25 Word near

a handle 27 Leave

completely full 28 Fling with

force 30 Diamond

imperfection 32 Postal

delivery 34 Toast words ... or 3-, 4- and 9-Down, based on their meanings and direction? 35 “Gotcha” 36 Offshoot of a lecture conference

38 Bruins’ Golden State sch. 40 Homecoming

queen’s crown 43 Good source

of fiber 45 Contact a

radio show 46 Idolize 48 “Clean up this

___!”

49 “Turn on the

A.C.!”

50 One who cries

“Uncle”? 55 Creative inspiration 56 “Casablanca”

heroine

57 No, in

Moscow 59 Windy City

trains