PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
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