PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Halifax, ___ Scotia
5 Study all night, say
9 Entice
14 “You said it!”
15 Spa attire
16 Fast on one’s feet
17 Hot line, maybe?
18 Iowa college town
19 The “K” in KTown
20 *Spends one’s golden years at home
23 Floppy part of a basset hound
24 Kristen Stewart portrayed her in “Spencer”
25 Chemist’s workplace
27 Ride the waves
30 Sanctify
34 Disneyland transport
38 *Numbered highway sign
40 Edmonton hockey player
42 Give a scathing review to
43 Musical composition
44 *Gentler part of one’s personality
47 Sushi bar beverage
48 “Feed a cold, ___ a fever”
49 Caramel candy brand
51 Ungraceful person 52 “I’ve found it!”
57 AstroTurf alternative
60 Salad choice, and a description of the first words of the starred clues’ answers
64 Group of Girl Scouts
66 Actress Rooney or Kate
67 Killmonger’s first name in “Black Panther”
68 Atmosphere protector
69 Like numbers divisible by two
70 “Welcome to my ___!”
71 ___ over (studied)
72 Small salamander
73 Bird feeder morsel
DOWN
1 Congested sounding
2 Last Greek letter
3 Ticked off
4 Restless
5 Board game with the categories “Data Head” and “Creative Cat”
6 Easy win
7 Biblical brother of Cain
8 Flat-topped landform
9 Go out for a bit?
10 Swelled head
11 Deep mud 12 “You’ve gotta help me!,” e.g.
13 What the ‘ in :‘( represents
21 Some face cards?
22 Mollusk in jaecheop-guk
26 ___ Badenov (“Rocky and Bullwinkle” baddie)
28 Features of distressed jeans
29 Panache
31 Swedish furniture chain
32 The giraffe has the longest one
33 Family diagram
34 ___ and turn
35 Barrel of laughs
36 The A in NATO?
37 The first “M” in MGM
39 Prefix with “skeleton” 41 Did a makeover on
45 Mortgage update, for short
46 Tastefully stylish
50 Belonging to us
53 Film spools
54 Spooky
55 Butter spreading tool
56 Made an inquiry
57 Put an end to
58 Pasta that looks like rice
59 It might become unhinged
61 Marvel mutants
62 Roof overhang
63 Made a sketch of
65 Number on a foam finger