Chicago Sun-Times

PATTERNLES­S CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Leafy side dishes 7 “Marriage Story” Oscar winner Laura 11 Type of therapy for people with autism: Abbr. 14 2017 skating biopic 15 Oregon Trail animals, once 16 Mire 17 *Primate exhibit 19 Disapprovi­ng noise

20 Spice Girl BorC 21 Afro-Brazilian dance

22 “Little Women” sister 23 Site that prohibits the selling of souls 25 “Respect your

___!”

27 Animal

that plays dead 30 *Matcha,

for instance 32 Park, e.g.,

in NYC

33 City where pesto originated 35 In any way 36 Whiskey flavoring

38 Nary a soul 40 Peace Prize city 41 Plot ___ (protagonis­t’s “protection”) 43 Assail

45 Casual shirt 46 *Have mercy 48 “Mister ___ Neighborho­od” 50 Conundrum 51 Journalist Ifill 52 Group of

performers 53 City near Dallas

55 Poke bowl

tuna 58 Telecom letters separated byan& 59 *“Shocker!” 62 “To Kill a Mockingbir­d” author 63 “Sure about

that?”

64 Hairdo whose “business in the front, party in the back” descriptio­n hints at what can follow the two words in each starred clue’s answer 65 New Deal prez 66 Oscar-winning

director Chloe 67 Arranges,

as hair

DOWN

1 Kind of card in a phone 2 Molecule

component 3 Word before

“wolf ” or “Star” 4 Often-rolled

joints

5 Good ___ Young (hair color brand) 6 Concludes a

prayer, maybe 7 Apt rhyme for

“gloom” 8 Jumping

for joy 9 Transactio­n at

a flea market 10 Washington­to-Syracuse dir. 11 Lingering

flavor 12 Successful

book

13 Word hidden in “Tutankhamu­n” 18 Stable staple 22 Box in Japanese cuisine 24 Creepycraw­ly

26 Grp. that

regulates LSD 27 Dads

28 Wasn’t cool

enough? 29 Kraken or

Scylla

30 Like undercooke­d brownies 31 Soothing succulents 34 Feeling of longing for the Before Times 37 Namely 39 Songs stuck in

peoples’ heads 42 D&D, e.g. 44 Lower-body

ring site 47 Mischievou­s 49 “Far out!” 51 Bearded antelope

52 Baby whale 54 “___ your other question ...” 56 “The ___ We Climb” (Amanda Gorman poem) 57 “Got it”

59 URL ender for

a company 60 Place (on) 61 UFO

occupants

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12/20/21

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