PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 HS exams

5 P.E. class 8 Ponzi scheme,

e.g.

12 “Moon Knight”

actor Oscar 14 Tiny legume from Green Giant

15 Name within

“hotelier” 16 “Whole ___ Love” (Led Zeppelin hit) 17 “Me too”? 20 Being

broadcast 21 Topics for

blues songs 22 “Let us pray”? 25 Indignation 26 With skill 27 Military press

muscle, briefly 29 Apply

sunscreen, say 32 Rowers

hold them 34 Duck’s woodwind in “Peter and the Wolf” 38 “Keep on

keeping on”? 43 Requirement 44 Gold reward

from a teacher 45 Halloween

exclamation 46 Founded:

Abbr. 50 Stadium seating level 52 Comedian’s

booking 55 “What goes around comes around”? 60 Big snake 62 Kind of leaf on the Canadian flag 63 “To infinity

and beyond”? 65 Ring-shaped

island

66 Word before

“life” or “estate” 67 Chapter

in history 68 Jeopardy 69 Flubs 70 Midweek abbr. 71 Cub Scout

groups

DOWN

1 Farm towers 2 How two hearts might beat 3 Mongolian warrior hidden in “sergeant at arms” 4 Cannabis

strain

5 3.7, e.g., for a

student

6 1983 title role for Barbra Streisand 7 Capital of

Spain 8 Follow-up

movie

9 DJ’s nighttime

workplace 10 Garlicky mayonnaise 11 Coin

collector? 13 Reindeer, by

another name 18 Actress Skye 19 U-turn from

WNW

23 ___ your way

to the top 24 Bronte

heroine Jane 28 Delivery from

Santa 29 Dashed 30 Play for a fool 31 “See ya!” 33 AARP members: Abbr. 35 Lobster shack

garment 36 Songwriter

Yoko 37 Metaphorical massage target

39 ___ to the Classic Potato Chip (Trader Joe’s product) 40 Caesar’s question to Brutus 41 Mast

attachment 42 GPS display 47 Shows disapproval 48 Nickname that may drop “Valen”

49 M.D. who hosted “Celebrity Rehab” 51 Like most horror movies 52 Chitchat 53 Become accustomed (to) 54 Crystal ball

user 56 Close-knit

group 57 Future fern 58 Fully committed to a pot

59 ___ Fargo 61 Policy

overseer 64 Pathetic