PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Top choice, casually 5 “MobyDick” captain 9 Pre-business subj. 13 Israeli airline 14 Bakery smell 15 Trout of the Angels 16 Windows’ alternatives, on planes 18 Stripped down 19 German white wine 20 Bit of progress 22 Pink Floyd or Green Day 23 Sicken with sweetness 24 Architect whose “I” stands for Ieoh 27 Turncoats 31 Weep for 32 Otherwise 33 Texter’s “Seriously?!” 35 “Let me think about it” 39 NFL highlights, briefly 40 Punch ballot part 41 Headspinning paintings 42 “Su-u-ure” 45 Tennis ace Monica 46 Job for a sleuth 47 Yemeni gulf port 49 Timely Kesha song? 52 Skull-faced Mattel villain 56 Trendy berry 57 2018 Wes Anderson film 59 Jay of standup 60 Shaven, as wool 61 Runnin’ Rebels sch. 62 Avid 63 Embroiders 64 Marshmallow chick
DOWN
1 Cause of white knuckles 2 Et ___ (and others) 3 Roses’ container 4 Pentagon Papers leaker 5 Philosopher Hannah 6 Romance novelist Tami 7 Invoice total: Abbr. 8 Mythical reptile 9 Early stage of development 10 Florentine farewell 11 Gumbo vegetable 12 Require 14 A ___ apple 17 Secretary of transportation since 2017 21 Reminder starter 23 College math, informally 24 Tag declaration 25 Like some leftovers 26 Sign of life 28 Duane ___ (drugstore chain) 29 Kind of flush 30 Gooey goody 34 Moxie 36 Faith Hill hit with the line “It’s perpetual bliss” 37 Yankees legend Ruth 38 Let one’s guard down 43 Movie genre, or director’s command 44 Ones accepting a wager 48 Cole of “black-ish” (anagram of “node”) 49 Chat 50 Slurpee competitor 51 Welles’ “Citizen ___” 52 Like a tortoise 53 Color quality 54 Leering look 55 Respond to an evite 58 Ewe’s pronoun