PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 More than simmers 6 Old map abbr. 10 Stinging comment 14 Breathing problem 15 Humble request 16 Wheeling’s river 17 Cowboy store offerings 20 “___ as directed” 21 Eject, as lava 22 Black furs 23 Slow traveler 25 Pea places 26 Astronaut’s insignia, often 28 Not far from 32 Cremona artisan 34 One of Kelsey’s co- stars 35 Undergrad degs. 38 Soundly defeat 42 Paintings, e. g. 43 Avoid a collision 44 Famous cinematic falcon’s home 45 “Just married” car decorations 48 One of the deadly sins 49 “Beetle Bailey” creator Walker 51 Sahara stop, hopefully 53 Lion handlers, in a circus 55 ___ cap ( mushroom) 56 Common beverage 59 Indicate immediacy 62 “___ and the King of Siam” 63 29- Down solo 64 Body trunks 65 Cause of a game delay 66 One may be checkered 67 Popular landscaping plant

DOWN

1 Hindu Mr. 2 Magnum chaser? 3 Nonstop 4 100 qintars 5 Taco condiment 6 Persuade a customer to buy more 7 Deli side 8 D. C. employee, briefly 9 Physics units 10 Yogi’s cartoon sidekick 11 “Get ___ of yourself!” 12 Marriage and 19- Down 13 Office bigwig 18 “Roots,” for one 19 Ceremonial immersion 24 Alliance formed in 1949 26 Valley of vines 27 Gulf VIP ( Var.) 29 “Aida” or “Carmen” 30 Caribbean, e. g. 31 “To ___ is human ...” 33 Fertilization type 35 Staircase railings 36 ___ of the Apostles 37 Three- handed card game 39 Late- October suffix 40 Dry, as wine 41 Indonesian island 45 Mine shaft borer 46 Like skim milk 47 Pseudonym of H. H. Munro 49 Miraculous food, in the Bible 50 Mideasterner 52 Moog- made machine, briefly 53 Alexandra’s husband was one 54 ___, Crackle and Pop 55 Wife of Osiris 57 Before now, before now 58 China setting? 60 Big Band, for one 61 Sentimentality, to some