PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “___ la vista, baby” 6 Burst into flower 11 Impressive degree 14 Up and moving about 15 Book, in France 16 Height for Heidi 17 Thingamajig 20 Unaccompanied 21 Golden calf, infamously 22 Catcher in the Rhine? 23 Chapter of history 24 Football props 25 Fair- haired chaps 26 Continue without interruption 28 ___ Jewelers 29 Acquire 30 Annoying 34 Pre ___ ( major for future doctors) 35 Any one 37 Prefix with “solve” or “respect” 38 Somersaulting drinking vessel? 39 Couple thousand pounds 40 The Almighty 41 “Over my dead body!” 45 Make lovable 47 “It’s OK after all” in editing 50 Eggs, to Nero 51 Parts of necks 52 “Boy, am I tired!” 53 Deep drink 54 Definitely old enough to know better 57 Driller’s syllable 58 Man of fables 59 “It follows that ...” 60 Take in, as sights 61 Singer LaBelle 62 Barely defeated
DOWN
1 Parts of ship bows 2 Not on board 3 German prison camp 4 Jazz great Puente 5 Rainbow shape 6 Fan part 7 Long vehicles, for short 8 Charlotte Motor Speedway, e. g. 9 “The Two Towers” monster 10 Contemptibly small, as a tip 11 Fake an illness to avoid work, e. g. 12 Affected by glare 13 Most suitable 18 Flee quickly 19 DiCaprio of films 24 “Desperate Housewives” star Hatcher 25 Brunch selection 27 Sounds of the disgruntled 28 Door feature, often 31 19- down, for one 32 Sound of a bad joke? 33 Suffix with “skeptic” 34 “A ___ formality” 35 Throat 36 Come up for air, as a whale 37 Former Winfrey rival 39 Agents’ cuts, often 40 Valve in some fireplaces 42 Making promises 43 Show proof of 44 Frayed and worn 46 Always, poetically 47 Fire a weapon 48 Speeds, to a conductor 49 Certain mama on a farm 52 Sound uttered by the secretive 53 Place for a shovel 55 “Nay” opposite 56 Common title starter