PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Conned but good 4 Brusque and surly

9 It’s downhill from here 13 Indonesian

island 14 Nickel or

silver, e.g. 15 “Big

Brother” host 16 Sits on a

condiment? 19 Intimate 20 “___ you

nuts?” 21 Linen fabric 22 Some

metrical feet 24 ERA part 25 Tourist’s

staple 28 Exploits 29 Matures 30 Meditative exercises 33 Filmdom’s Ryan 36 Positioning of a backward posse? 39 Sargasso, for one 40 Christmas stuff

41 Like gentlemen’s agreements 42 Southern dish, corny 43 Sight organ 45 RorPG 48 Chickens of the 39-Across? 50 Blocking layer 51 Dada VIP Jean 52 V-sign’s meaning 56 Puts a tail-end to defeats? 59 Nabisco cookie 60 Like confused sailors? 61 “It ___ over till it’s over” 62 Williams and Danson 63 Cross and on edge 64 Work a shuttle

DOWN

1 Tow 2 Choir voice 3 Most airheaded (var.) 4 Clock std. 5 Post-op period 6 Wombs 7 What celebs have 8 Avian malady 9 Thespians 10 Thing with many links 11 Haggard of music 12 Shut down 13 Brit’s network 17 Char with high heat 18 Unwanted noise 23 Safe floor covering 24 Rank in an organization 25 Uber alternatives 26 Malarial fever 27 “Physical” intro 28 Masseuse’s target 31 Choice 45-Across 32 Neutral possessive 33 Crumbling earthy deposit 34 Twin in the Bible 35 Salon goops 37 Big pebbles 38 Watched someone’s place 42 Beans or ponies 44 Guitar attachment 45 R2D2, for one 46 Sky-colored 47 Carried, as a gun

48 Unit of hair 49 Needing comforting 51 Poker pay-in

53 It’s continental 54 Dollar fraction 55 Ballpark guess, cut 57 Certain bit of grain

58 Be a tile installer