PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Type of spirit 5 Ball dragger 10 Cast off, as skin 14 Reign 15 Fraternal place 16 Succulent fruit 17 Section, as of a city 18 Strong feeling of love 19 “What ___ is there?” 20 Three chicken types 23 Good hand to have 24 Ones placed on pedestals 25 Confounds 28 Quarterback’s option 30 Clear a hurdle? 31 “___ never believe this!” 33 By the agency of 36 Three chicken types 40 Rich rock 41 Beats the daylights out of

42 A of communications 43 Bank of rows 44 Rock from space 46 “___we meet again” 49 “The Love Boat” character 51 Two chicken types 57 Sidewalk part 58 Spur wheel 59 Not busy 60 Semi-pro? Not quite 61 Forest clearing 62 Within reach 63 Sound that turns heads 64 Units of loudness

65 Wild turkeys,

deer, etc.

DOWN

1 Sand on a

golf course 2 Continental

cash

3 Author Haley 4 Acknowledgment of guilt 5 Pieces of jewelry? 6 Common equine 7 Snake variety 8 Composer Stravinsky 9 Fiddler while Rome burned 10 Goes too fast 11 Common greeting 12 Art store purchase 13 Wine sediment 21 Powerful African creature 22 Stocking fabric 25 “And plus ...” 26 Honey or sugar 27 Chip’s cartoon friend 28 Little litterers? 29 Sports Illustrated cover frequenter 31 BYOB word 32 Polo Grounds legend Mel 33 Foul and evil 34 The deets 35 Food thickening agent

37 It has a little bit 38 Author of the macabre 39 On guard and alert 43 Choice morsel 44 Many trees 45 Have a little something 46 Open aspirin bottles 47 Sentence VIPs 48 Legal wrongdoings 49 Sioux City native 50 Brushed leather 52 Work units 53 With no backup 54 Brilliant think piece 55 Flashy rock variety 56 “___ goes nothing!”