PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Distressful cry 5 Handy tools for cobblers 9 Iraqi port 14 Cornell founder’s first 15 “Silent Night,” for one 16 Wrinkly tangelos 17 Inspected the rails? 20 Time between events 21 Titles for Japanese emperors 22 Dealers in futures 23 Classify, as blood 24 Move crabbily 27 Stonefaced 32 Cul-de-___ 35 Strapped for money 37 Invisible emanation 38 Vehicle that makes huge splashes? 42 Soon, way old 43 Seed spreader 44 Olympics chant 45 Given a new role 48 Unwarranted, as pressure 50 Charttopping songs 52 Enclose in a hollow 56 Bond’s order 60 Witness 62 Bad place to lean? 64 Instruction book 65 Fashionable borders? 66 Pesky insect 67 Feast celebrating the Exodus 68 Pointed direction? 69 Erupter in Sicily

DOWN

1 Himalayan cryptids 2 Layer up high 3 Was an author 4 LeBron James’ squad 5 Opposed one 6 Thing on a hook 7 Large rural field 8 Covered with ooze 9 Thing in a well 10 Title used in Turkey 11 Winter toy 12 “Copacabana” figure 13 Presents posers 18 Poisonous flammable gas 19 Wins, barely 23 Very boring 25 Easy chair site 26 Response to “Shall we?” 28 Blade making waves 29 Hawaiian gala 30 Pupil site 31 Delany of TV 32 Movie headliner 33 Outstanding rating 34 Gator? No, close 36 Sign of boredom 39 Chain letters, to geneticists 40 Fronted, as a parade 41 Most factual 46 Black eye, slangily 47 British pantry items 49 Become prominent 51 Collection plate insert 53 Goose with a black neck 54 All birdy 55 Annoying gossiper 56 Fancy rims 57 Fit of shivering 58 Commando incursion 59 Tiny-castle flooder 60 Resistance figures 61 Ultimately better? 63 “High” drink