PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Turn the air

blue 5 “Sir,” in colonial

India 10 Not fully

closed 14 Sailing on the

ocean 15 Upstate New

York city 16 Passage ceremony, e. g. 17 Engaged in a childish comfort 20 Pollen and dust, notoriously 21 Trip to Mecca 22 Miss- named? 23 Santa ___

( California city) 24 Kinky yen 27 Crumbs from a

meal 29 Religious maxims 32 It’s served in spots 33 Acid that will make you see things 36 Some desert

growths 38 What an

eclipse can do 41 Fish- eating

hawk 42 Before, long

before now 43 “You get the

picture” 44 Vertical ship

posts 46 Non- offensive

expletive 50 Sing like a

canary 52 Water source 55 Compass heading, sometimes 56 Rock worth

money 57 Organize anew 60 Swab

composition 63 Flat- topped

hill 64 Provide, as

with a quality 65 Simple wave

makers 66 Responded in

court 67 Gave cough

medicine to 68 Make good

use of recess

DOWN

1 Where many

deals aremade 2 Human

shark 3 Hush- hush 4 Author also known as H. H. Munro 5 African republic on the Red Sea 6 Hard to tap

one’s toe to 7 Clue 8 Frosts, as a

cake 9 Common

degs. 10 Enlightened one, in Buddhism 11 Japanese

martial art 12 Convenient

wallet filler 13 Johnny in gray 18 In- flight info,

for short 19 House of

usher? 24 “Micro” addon, in libraries 25 Spotted 26 Consumes 28 ___ gin fizz 30 Santa’s reindeer, collectively 31 Gangster’s gun, in B- movies 34 Legendary QB nicknamed the “Snake” 35 Calf, on

the range 37 Like Salvation Army goods 38 VHS alternative of old 39 Sport invented by Native Americans 40 Absolute greatest ( Abbr.) 41 Emulate

a tailor 45 Art piece in a

park 47 Blockbuster

event no more 48 Sweater material 49 Itty- bitty 51 Like some

humor 53 Like a

rainbow 54 Athlete with deep pockets 57 Where one asks to be hit 58 Wraps up 59 Straddling 60 Stratocaster

attachment 61 First half of a swanky California neighborhood 62 Fourposter,

e. g.