PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Charley horse
locale, often 5 “Mad Men” industry, briefly 10 Key
document? 13 Declares 15 LED’s “D” 16 IPA’s “A”
17 In the nick
of time
19 Tater ___ 20 Pants
measure 21 Fresno
campus letters 22 Word before “farm” or “frog” 23 Major mess 25 Jan. 15,
for MLK 27 Honolulu’s
island
30 In direct confrontation 34 Raindrop
noises
36 Bolt of lightning speed? 37 Genre with offbeat rhythms 38 “’___ death do
us part” 39 Texter’s “Holy
cow!” 41 Nickname that’s an alphabet trio 42 “Death Becomes ___” (1992 film) 43 Bill’s excellent coadventurer 44 “Chicago Hope” Emmy winner Christine 46 “Is this seat ___?” 48 Ready for
anything
51 Ink from
a parlor
52 It’s a loch! 53 Leader of K-pop’s Red Velvet
55 Crab’s
grabber
57 Hair stiffener 59 “A ___ in the Sun” (first Broadway play written by a Black woman) 63 Eats 64 Cold-hearted ... or like 17-, 30and 48-Across, based on the letters they’re spelled with? 66 Glacier material
67 Refried bean,
commonly 68 Open-book
exam?
69 Bench press target, informally 70 Rub together,
as molars 71 Bits of butter
DOWN
1 “___ quote you on that?” 2 Big name in cosmetics 3 Camera part 4 Makes available, as a Friday night 5 Ruckus
6 Talk over 7 Spectators’
jeers 8 “Seems unlikely” 9 Buddhist sect 10 ___ doll (nesting toy)
11 Bug bite balm 12 Transportation secretary Buttigieg
14 Be a huge fan
of
18 Country east of
Yemen
22 “The Joy Luck Club” author Amy 24 Struggled 26 Treat that may
be glazed 27 Decide that
one will 28 Unearthly being
29 “Wait!”
31 “___ said than
done”
32 Sport with clay
pigeons 33 Brings in, as a
salary
35 Boots’
bottoms 40 Bodybuilder’s
goal
45 Potties 47 Really dug
something 49 Start of four U.S. state names 50 Feudal fieldworker 54 Rocket launch
org.
55 Poker pot
piece
56 Trim for a fancy valentine 58 “Hairspray”
matriarch 60 Baking ___ 61 Not yet eliminated 62 Circus safety
measures 64 Fuel economy
abbr. 65 “Ni-i-ice!”