PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Earlier, earlier 5 “___ to the Grind” 10 Sheet music sign 14 “... ___ the twain shall ...” 15 Toiled in a galley 16 White frost 17 “Half” prefix 18 Annulled or erased 19 Former capital of India 20 Four things with water 23 Theater employee 24 Approves 25 Easter headgear 28 Pubmates 30 Operatic solo 31 Like a house ___ 33 Student’s stat 36 Three things with water 40 “Cakes and ___” 41 Shoestrings 42 Duct register 43 Loud, prolonged noises 44 More than enough 46 Natural emollients 49 Flight segment 51 Three things with water 57 “Bravo” preceder ( var.) 58 Escape capture 59 Admit honestly 60 Paradigm of happiness 61 One preparing to shoot 62 Compos mentis 63 Speck on a globe 64 Verse in days of old 65 Klondike vehicle

DOWN

1 Odds’ partner 2 Smell bad 3 Prefix with “circle” 4 Judicial assembly 5 Tried to find 6 Knight’s weapon 7 Intense feeling of love 8 Thing lifted at a wedding 9 Caribbean taro 10 Readies a pool cue 11 Collected sayings of Christ 12 Prepunctual? 13 Becomes tattered at the edges 21 Waste not 22 Event with clowns 25 “Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves” 26 Kind of surgeon 27 River for baby Moses 28 Hats, slangily 29 Joan of ___ 31 Elementary lessons 32 Doctor’s due 33 Mountain valley 34 “House” attachment 35 Pretentiously showy 37 “Paint Your Wagon” song VIP 38 Bake in the sun 39 Driver’s cloverleaf 43 Bad- mouth 44 Like wasp nest material 45 Rest horizontally 46 Adders with beads 47 Periods of calm weather 48 Butcher shop waste 49 Sea bubbles 50 Ocean movements 52 Be a bounder 53 Hodgepodge 54 0- shaped 55 Like a noted ranger 56 Had creditors