PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Bullets, briefly 5 “___ the Explorer” ( children’s show) 9 Spread outward, as fingers 14 Water craft 15 Like villains 16 Sao ___, Brazil 17 Where low- priority stuff is placed 20 Express

vocally 21 Sailor’s sea

biscuit 22 Thence 25 UCLA’s ‘ L’ 26 Hipbone section 28 Play divisions 32 Detested thing or person 37 Miss America

crowner? 38 Say “I want no involvement in this” 41 Broke into

a wide smile 42 Group of

seven ( var.) 43 Skidded 44 Mushroom

“seed” 46 Sheep’s “Humbug”? 47 Like some

sports 53 Problems for mortgage lenders 58 Moses’

brother 59 Ends a discussion 62 Deep, gloomy

anxiety 63 Bonanza finds

in mines 64 Really need a

rubdown, e. g. 65 Affirmatives 66 Appease fully 67 It may put a twinkle in your eye

DOWN

1 “Keep your

wits ___ you” 2 Calendar unit 3 Dull photo

finish 4 Survey choice 5 Belle of the ball, for short 6 Eggs, in

a lab 7 Wealthy 8 Acid

neutralizer 9 French

fries- to- be 10 Component 11 Kind of moth 12 Actor

Guinness 13It comes between New Yankees? 18 “Before,” in

old poetry 19 Warner sibs? 23 Take the

top off 24 Seethe with

anger 27 Deep opera

voice 28 Helper on

Capitol Hill 29 Group of stage performers 30 Pace for a horse, sometimes 31 Ump’s call 32 Pointed woodworking tools 33 A carpenter

can drive it 34 Italian wine

town 35 Dull impact

sound 36Emulate a

kangaroo 37 Explosive

stuff 39 “Take this” 40 Climax 44 Highway department’s winter supply 45 Quality that arouses emotion 46 Some short

sculptures 48 Key on a

keyboard 49 Some Indians

of nobility 50 Construct, as a skyscraper 51 Coffee order,

sometimes 52 Another

keyboard key 53 Critical time

of 1944 54 A large

coastal eagle 55 ___ up ( becomes hazy) 56 Church

section 57 Evening in

Venice 60 Ready

( with “all”) 61 “As directed”

beginning