PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Illegal incentive 6 Pizarro’s foe 10 Ink stain 14 Speed detector 15 Bit of bridal

wear 16 Raspy breath 17 Gladiators’

venue 18 Front to

“space” 19 Verdi opera 20 Office

collection? 23 Slithery fish 24 “Nail”

anagram 25 “Country”

event 28 Japanese

drink 31 Artist

Rivera 35 Be entitled? 36 Crafty 37 Intensify 38 Office communication? 41 Mortgaged

one 42 Sailors 43 Dec. 24, e. g. 44 Precious

violin 45 Drink

heavily 46 Commencement VIP 47 “Be Like ___” 49 Old “Gang”? 51 Office gettogether? 58 Not empty 59 Balder’s

father 60 Trumpeter’s

noise 61 Isolated spot

of land 62 Big name in

electronics 63 Commercial

cow 64 Peruse

a book 65 Gold- holding fort 66 Abrupt transitions

DOWN

1 Paisley of

music 2 Collectible 3 Caesar’s bad

day 4 Loan

offerer 5 Wipe

chalk 6 Scientist

Pavlov 7 It can be

pressing 8 Word with

“winner’s” 9 Hello or

goodbye 10 Really smart

one 11 Lion’s digs 12 Ford competitor, once 13 A cozy drink? 21 ___- Lorraine ( French territory) 22 Helping ones 25 Ducks, turkeys and such 26 Anticipate 27 Start for

“state” 29 Long time

trailer? 30 City in

central Japan 32 Old

anesthetic 33 Exotic jelly

flavor 34 Chose or

decided 36 Type of union or bureau 37 Concerning this, in legalese 39 Like some

pans 40 Drink like

a kitten 45 Muscle- tobone connector 46 Car front 48 Tall mall stall 50 Flower cluster, as on carrots 51 Erato,

for one 52 Jazz legend

Fitzgerald 53 Marchetti

or Vannelli 54 Jet black 55 Launch

party? 56 Leak

indicator 57 Is dating 58 Certain

evergreen