PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
02/04/23
ACROSS
1 “You have a ___. You matter.”
5 ___ Piper
9 Fix, as a fight
12 “bc you’re asking me ...”
13 Jordanian city hidden in “hype train”
14 All eaten up
15 Red lights on the highway?
17 Chancellor von Bismarck
18 Competitive crossword solvers strive to avoid them
19 “My win wasn’t exactly fair ...”
21 NYSE debut
22 “Stop clowning around outside!”
23 Patella, e.g.
25 Discord admins
26 October’s month number
27 Jet ___ (traveler’s fatigue)
28 Santa checks it twice
29 Brooklyn art school, or actor Chris
31 1995 Montell Jordan hit about the way things go down in South Central
35 “We wanna join you!”
36 Diminish
37 One more than bi
38 Is able
39 Without
40 Indian butter
41 Rocket ship’s starting point
44 Wretchedness
45 Oftenroasted cut of a pig
46 Big name in fruit snacks
49 Grammy winner India.___
50 Undermined the confidence of
52 Ship off
53 Showy bloom
54 Humorist Bombeck
55 Flavor enhancer, for short
56 “The Walking Dead” actor Steven
57 Bird’s ___ soup (Chinese delicacy)
DOWN
1 Swampy expanse
2 Nicaraguan love
3 “Never hurts to be generous”
4 Really freakin’ cool
5 Small, spherical veggie
6 “Next time, take my advice”
7 Puts up, as a monument
8 Japanese soup stock
9 As bad as they come
10 Stellar beginning?
11 Crystal-filled rock
13 “i’m begging u”
14 “Have at it”
16 Pendulum direction
20 Main course
22 “My stars!”
23 Crunchy deli sandwich
24 Waikiki’s island
25 Paste in Japanese cookery
28 Soccer star Messi
29 Dominates, in gamer-speak
30 Wear down
32 Arranged nicely, or unfairly
33 Long for
34 Neither a win nor a loss
39 “That’s clear to me”
40 “Silence is ___”
41 Involuntary jerk
42 Little sweaters?
43 ___ seed (black bit on a bagel)
44 Itty-bitty
46 “What’s the reason?”
47 Runs smoothly
48 Doc’s “Immediately!”
51 “United Shades of America” channel