PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Constricting snakes 5 Note hit by a 64-Across 10 Practice boxing 14 Seldom-seen 15 Slipup

16 Red, white

or rose, e.g. 17 *Party-size

chicken order 20 Flip-flop 21 Language spoken in Mogadishu 22 Green prefix 23 “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” film

27 Winning number of victory points in Catan

28 Not

illuminated 30 “Is that true

about me?” 31 Freshness? 32 *Basic piano

lesson topic 37 ___-to-speech

software 38 Person reading a manual 39 Withdraw

officially 42 Followed the doctor’s orders, in a way 46 *Taking foolish

risks

50 Key in keyboard combinations 51 Place

for gloss 52 Not bright 53 Name hidden

in “manager” 55 Words that can precede “time,” “touch” and “towner” 57 “One ___

time!”

58 With 60-Across, pop rock band behind “Radioactive” ... or what you might do after discovering this puzzle’s theme

60 See 58-Across 63 Got to

the point? 64 Ariana Grande’s vocal range 65 Insults 66 Butcher’s

chopper

DOWN

1 Made tea

or beer

2 State home to 16 of Mexico’s Indigenous groups 3 Origami, e.g. 4 Feudal worker 5 Actress Mirren 6 Nest egg

acronym 7 (Don’t pet

me!)

8 Keep to oneself?

9 Feature of a cedar waxwing or blue jay

10 Hit the pool 11 Party items originally made from clay pots 12 They might be acute or obtuse 13 Sticky

substances 18 Pub order 19 Try to win

the heart of 24 Online shopper’s “basket” 25 Mornings,

for short 26 Newborn’s hospital area: Abbr. 29 Bounce artist

___ Red 31 Font flourish 33 “Star Wars”

knight 34 Farm team? 35 Helper: Abbr. 36 “Nancy Drew”

actress Lewis 39 Place to get

pampered 40 “Boo’d Up”

artist

41 “If I fits,

I sits” snoozes 43 Completely

nailed 44 Author

Huffington 45 Clothing line? 47 Stuck in place? 48 “Brevity is the soul of ___” 49 Shuffles and

Nanos, e.g. 54 A good

long while 55 Small bills 56 “Spider-Man:

Far ___ Home” 57 Taj Mahal city 58 “___ be cool if

...”

59 Fury 61 Orangutan,

e.g.

62 Word on a Chicago baseball cap