PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Scarecrow stuffing 6 Algerian fortress 12 Moolah 13 Melodious 14 No longer

bearded 15 “The Bath

ers” painter 16 Easy gait 17 “NFL Live”

channel 19 Neb. neighbor 20 Speak like

Sylvester 22 TV alien 24 Nemesis 27 Rowboat

needs 29 Count coun

terpart 32 Fairy tale

beginning 35 Nuisance 36 Litigant 37 Genetic let

ters 38 Price point? 40 Seize 42 “Caught ya!” 44 Jeopardize 46 Russian coun

cil 50 Wicker mate

rial 52 Evasive

maneuver 54 Midlife event 55 Dried grape 56 Trig measure 57 Gather wool

DOWN

1 London district 2 Golf hazard 3 Make merry 4 Soul, to Sartre 5 Apple varieties 6 Kvetch 7 Sports setting 8 Fall from grace 9 Publishers’ expo 10 Europe’s

neighbor 11 Honker 12 ISP alterna

tive 18 Brussels — 21 Debtor’s note 23 Allow 24 Dandy guy 25 Inseparable 26 Over the

moon 28 Gym shoes 30 LBJ’s succes

sor 31 Grazing land 33 LAX info 34 Deluge refuge 39 Sand unit 41 “Frasier”

pooch 42 Curved lines 43 Aesopian

also- ran 45 “Meet Me —

Louis” 47 Celestial bear 48 Naturalist

John 49 Raggedy doll 51 Airport

screening org. 53 “Unh- unh”