PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 “Poker Face” singer Lady ___

5 Like an uncooperative mule 10 Prospective

law

14 Neat to

a fault 15 Broadway star

Menzel 16 Smoothie

berry

17 Pride parade

letters

18 Less wild 19 The “D” of

DMV: Abbr. 20 Late Brazilian

soccer icon 21 Insert, as an

online video 22 Furtive “Hey!” 23 Warns

25 Story lasting many episodes 27 Suffer a major

defeat

29 What shows

one’s colors? 30 Peer (at) 31 Society’s

troubles 32 Expected

to win 35 Feudal

farmworker 39 Actor

Mahershala 40 Dallas hoopster, briefly 41 Name bookended by 40-Across 43 Operatic solos 48 Utters 49 Wimbledon,

e.g.

52 They’re too loud for indoors ... and a hint to the words bookending 49-Across, 4-Down and 10-Down 54 Parody 55 “Gidget”

actress Sandra 56 “Whole ___ Love” (Led Zeppelin hit) 58 Mend, as

a seam 59 Ignited

60 Bags at a farmers market, say 61 Matrimonial

vows

62 They only exist in sci-fi, as far as we know 63 Coldest temperatures DOWN

1 She’s a friend 2 Name hidden in “exchange looks”

3 “Anne of

Green ___” 4 Diana Prince, to Wonder Woman

5 Like M&M’s or

Skittles

6 Comic

Sandler

7 Go out on

a ___

8 Leg joint 9 Weekend event for bargain hunters 10 Publicity that may bring 15 minutes of shame 11 Scores the gamewinning basket, say 12 Splashes

against 13 Minuscule 24 It gives skiers

a lift

26 Jazz legend

Fitzgerald 28 HS diploma

equivalent 29 Dot on a die 32 Ma, pa, bro

and sis, e.g. 33 In the

manner of 34 Musical master

36 Almondflavored liqueur 37 Thumbs-down

vote

38 Screens at

sports bars 42 Nixes,

presidentially 43 Singer

DiFranco 44 Trick

question? 45 Reply to “Look

at that!” 46 Advocacy org. for former U.S. soldiers

47 ___ Paulo 48 “Wow,

amazing!” 50 (Don’t watch this in a cubicle) 51 Break up with

suddenly 52 Persuasive piece in the paper 53 Fret (over) 54 ___ Lanka 57 Braying animal