PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Eager kids’ plea 6 Spine line? 11 Small shot 14 What Bernese Mountain Dogs do a lot 15 To no ___

(in vain) 16 Snakelike fish 17 Lloyd of the U.S. women’s soccer team 18 Put down new turf

19 X, in sorority names 20 Gave some alone time 22 Enter on tiptoe, perhaps 24 James with a posthumous Pulitzer 25 Popular drinking game 26 Mars 2020 org. 28 Key ring? 30 They may be loose or split 31 Very strong hold

33 T. follower 35 Selfimportant tyrants 36 Made small waves 40 Vessel for boiling water 41 Coconut or almond cookie 42 Light brown 45 Not smooth

47 “Frozen 2” queen 48 (Jackpot!) 50 Birth control options: Abbr. 52 Sarcastic comment after a misfortune 53 Draws new boundaries, say 55 Biblical couples’ cruise 56 Love, on an Italian valentine 58 Starting players 60 Angry feeling 61 Dovetail joint component 62 Polynesian Disney heroine 63 Reel’s partner 64 Trapped in branches 65 Rubbed the

wrong way DOWN

1 Org. concerned with outbreaks 2 Shrinking

Asian sea 3 “Just ‘cuz” 4 Chef who

owns Spago 5 The 1% 6 Weigh station

factor

7 “___ changed” (ex’s claim) 8 Graduation cap attachment 9 ’80s funk balladeer

10 Respected one, in many cultures 11 Signal to come over

12 In support of 13 Arm rests? 21 Hipster’s grooming tool 23 Animal that isn’t preyed upon, and a hint to the first four letters of 4-, 9- and 21-Down 25 Fast-tempo jazz style 26 “Pick” lead-in 27 Singer Grande, to fans 29 “___ better to have loved and lost ...” 32 Slimy substance 34 Pollution regulator, for short

36 Mechanic’s cloth

37 Text in a cat meme 38 Dawn goddess

39 It may include the sequence CAT 41 Cocoa holder 42 Dessert whose name is French for “lightning” 43 Fried, sugarcovered pastry 44 Amassed, with “up”

46 New Year’s Day, informally 49 Hilton competitor 51 Savory taste 53 Tear apart 54 Rational 57 Caviar

59 ___ Hatter