PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “___! The Herald Angels Sing” 5 Sandler of comedy 9 Covered by waves 14 Wings, to Ovid 15 Spiritual adviser 16 Light fabric for curtains 17 Elicit big library fines 20 Marsh bird 21 Pine tree product 22 Part of a ship’s hull 23 Like some old buckets 25 Trip to the garage? 27 Climb (up a pole) 30 Seoul mates? 34 One hundred million decades 35 Italian wine area 38 Cliffside dwelling 39 Monopolize a conversation 43 Exceptionally smart people 44 Hawaiian island 45 Average grade 46 Target of tweezers, sometimes 48 Animal’s restraint 51 Wasn’t colorfast 52 Type of finish 54 “___ hollers, let him go” 57 Group of three 59 Merge 63 Certain soft drink 66 Thrill no end 67 Sound hourly 68 “What ___ can I say?” 69 Give permission for 70 Eye-opening problem? 71 Weightlifting groupings
DOWN
1 Cries of skepticism 2 Arkin or Shepard 3 Shankar with the sitar 4 Retain, as an employee 5 “Long ___, in a galaxy far ...” 6 No whiz kid, he 7 Inert elemental gas 8 Atomic particle 9 Greeting for Caesar 10 Job-hours total 11 Capitol employee 12 Swivel sharply 13 Loaf or loafer part 18 ___-to (shack) 19 Block, as a bill 24 Myanmar currency 26 Face-to-face exam 27 Grasslike marsh plant 28 “That’s silly!” 29 Mindless 30 Kin’s companion 31 “If I Were ____ Man” 32 Wide shoe size 33 “Against the Wind” singer Bob 36 Belmont bet 37 Beverage “for two” 40 Opera diva’s book 41 Old Milanese money 42 Kind of pilot? 47 Catch ____ (start to get) 49 Vanity case for milady 50 Metric heavy weights 52 Wine variety 53 How some things are contested 54 What comes to mind 55 Dirt used on a new homesite 56 What time will do to a wound 58 Wheel tracks in mud 60 Like some threats 61 26-Down, e.g. 62 Meadow creatures 64 Sound made by a cat 65 Microbrewery output