PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

. 1 “u CANNOT b serious!”

. 4 Weird Al’s “___ to a Superhero” .

7 Bird that may screech

.10 Bird that may screech

.13 Rapper ___ Kim

.14 Checkmate your opponent, e.g.

.15 Animal that sounds like you?

.16 Pal of Pooh

.17 23andMe offering

.19 Chicken strips

.21 Baby food, essentially

.22 Graceless

.24 Oxen harness

.25 On the ocean

.27 Couples’ cruise ship?

.28 Not just happen once

.29 “I know kung fu” speaker, in “The Matrix”

.30 Dangerous current

.33 Black ___ (covert missions)

.34 Got out of Dodge

.36 “Assuming that’s correct ...”

.38 Baby 15-Across

.40 Forestland units

.41 Gave the go-ahead .44 An empty seat is reserved for him at a Seder

.46 Mouthwatering stuff?

.48 The whole shebang

.49 Hunt down

.50 Grab a bite

.51 Muslim ascetics

.53 Big name in private planes

.55 Event for debutantes

.56 Honeydew relative

.59 Graduate of Barnard or Spelman

.63 People go under while on top of them

.64 Scrub, as digital evidence

.65 Former sections of SATs

DOWN

. 1 Dad

. 2 It passes in 60 seconds

. 3 Pairing with 10-Down

. 4 Need to pay

. 5 Part of DJ

. 6 Lure into crime

. 7 Bouncy watercraft

. 8 Fills with wonder

. 9 Money in Kobe

.10 Stackable snacks depicted in this puzzle’s grid ... and whose middle layer is spelled by the grid’s uncrossed letters

.11 Generate, as a lather

.12 Proverbial weepers

.18 Start of many book titles

.20 Ombre liquid

.23 Child’s macaroni creation

.26 “I know you ___, but what am I?”

.28 One who monitors traveling?

.31 University in Pocatello

.32 Break away (from)

.35 Prez who established Medicare

.37 It precedes la

.38 Maple part on the Canadian flag

.39 Spaghetti ___ carbonara

.42 “Dear ___ Hansen”

.43 Numbers to crunch

.45 Tightrope walker, e.g.

.47 Iris rings

.52 “That matters to me!”

.54 Oscar season oversights

.56 Fish known for its liver

.57 Yoshi : dinosaur :: Donkey Kong : ___

.58 Salt, to a French chef

.60 Scholarly style org.

.61 Napoleonic marshal (anagram of 9-Down)

.62 A male one is called a jack