PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Having great interest 5 Gushing flattery 10 Bellyache 14 Groundless, as a threat 15 Comfortable and cozy 16 With the skills 17 Stereotypical weakling 18 Word with “blessed” 19 French black 20 Like sportsmanship or a 1958 music hit 23 Ain’t dead yet 24 Dissuade 25 Slope backward 28 Throw kudos at 30 Big-time car loaner 31 Old French spendable 33 It’s possessive for a guy 36 Like stories for many 40 Previously, way-old 41 Put up with 42 Greaseladen 43 Help a bandit 44 Main meal 46 St. ___ Girl (beer) 49 Columbus’ birthplace 51 Twigs and libertarians, e.g. 57 A Bronte 58 Become full-flower 59 Egg, biologically 60 No longer dieting? 61 Elude a tag 62 Prevalent? Not at all 63 E=mc² part 64 Comic strip segment 65 Blizzard stuff
DOWN
1 Bird or fruit 2 Trim copy 3 National Mall trees 4 Certain Himalayan 5 Place books? 6 Studio output 7 Famous last words? 8 What roommates share 9 Imaginary tale 10 Like Dracula 11 WWII submarine 12 Goop kin 13 Way more parched 21 Tupperware top 22 Draw out 25 Tremendous anger 26 “Be it ___ so humble” 27 Spanish theater 28 Swimmer’s space 29 Small marcher 31 Make like a moth 32 Get ___ of (discard) 33 Any British prince 34 Shipwreck setting 35 Eyelid irritant 37 An Israeli prime minister 38 Prez Lincoln 39 Revolvers? 43 Sci-fi staples 44 Canine protector 45 Connecting word 46 One of the Good Book’s 150 47 Sleep disorder 48 Arm bones 49 Painful pull locale 50 Lyric composition 52 Butter meas. 53 Joyce or Fitzgerald 54 The Terrible tsar 55 Money of many 56 Diving duck