PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Swarming

pests 6 Abrade 10 Be a success

ful pitcher? 14 Like a Koontz

novel, say 15 VIP in a

burnoose 16 Balm base 17 Boeing 777,

for one 20 Reprieve from

the governor 21 Band follower? 22 Moon feature 23 Moonves runs

it 24 Something to

hang with? 25 "Big ___ House" (Martin Lawrence movie) 29 Dance derived from the twist 30 Bubbling, in a

way 31 Fancy kind of

rags 32 Bleacher

feature 36 Org. based in

Strasbourg 39 Follow the

advice of 40 Lampblack 41 "All aboard!" 42 Anastasia's

father, e.g. 43 Gratify 44 Lame excuse 47 Underhanded 48 Princess Leia's surname 49 "His Master's

Voice" co. 50 Use FedEx 54 Karaoke

activity 57 Ominous date

for Caesar 58 Black vein

contents 59 "___ circumstances beyond our control ..." 60 American Revolution detractor 61 Banjoist

Scruggs 62 After-market

item

DOWN

1 Understands 2 Political figure

Gingrich 3 "Tosca" tune 4 Diminutive 5 " What did I tell

you?" 6 Philbin of TV 7 Among 8 Immoral

misdeed 9 Rule out in

advance 10 Word with "greens" or "days" 11 Bring cheer to 12 Company

avoider 13 Offensive facial expression 18 Catches

red-handed 19 Snobbish

highbrow 23 It has many functions, briefly 24 Add on, as to

a plant 25 Jet speed 26 Woodwind lower than a piccolo 27 Pouty

expression 28 Matter topper? 29 Ocean bottom 31 Act

self-satisfied 32 Palm or

pawpaw 33 Very small

amount 34 Narrative

writing 35 Russo or

Descartes 37 Act of putting

into circulation 38 Optically

offensive 42 Grammy-win

ner Braxton 43 Surveyor's

map 44 System of

principles 45 Impolite looker 46 Easy victim 47 Henley

Regatta craft 48 Black-bor

dered bio 49 Laugh heartily 50 It may be found on a lobe 51 Colored 52 "... and ___

the fire" 53 Exploited

laborer 55 Make a little

___ long way 56 Abbr. on a

toothpaste box