PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Roofing goo 4 Teenage feeling 9 Grime

14 “We ___ the World” 15 2012-18 Mexican president 16 Off-white shade

17 Got off the ground? 19 Not handwritten 20 *Harsh critics (hint: each starred answer continues through a black square!) 21 Predators with many teeth, informally 23 Metaphorical thing to lend 24 “By Jove!” 26 Has a goal of 28 Hubbub

31 Set of fine dishes 33 *Plasticcoating process 34 South Korea or South Sudan 36 Baba au ___ 40 Astound 42 Mesozoic, for one 43 Filched 44 Abominable Snowman 45 *Tears and others 47 Switch positions 48 Meaningless sound

50 Rays that travel through water 52 Insult

55 Jeer

56 Male turkey 57 *People in power 60 Oftenpatterned garments 64 Fossilized resin 66 Kansas City baseball enthusiast 68 First lady before Michelle 69 Make ecstatic 70 Indian title of respect 71 “Head, shoulders, ___ and toes” 72 Affirmative responses 73 Province abbr. within “Toronto”

DOWN

1 World’s softest mineral 2 Region 3 Guns, like an engine 4 *Daughter of Oedipus 5 Great falls? 6 Barely pass, academically 7 Editor’s “let it stand” 8 “It’s on my ___ list” 9 Meshes with a group

10 It clings to a wall 11 Runs at an easy gait

12 Halloween hope 13 Prefix for “electric” 18 *Listing individually 22 What may be mixed with snow

25 All used up 27 *Strict disciplinarians 28 Modeling material 29 Shiny fabric 30 Amo, amas, ___ 31 She turned Odysseus’ crew into pigs 32 Frost

35 Pegs for LPGA players 37 Owl call

38 It’s about the length of a radius

39 Big job for an organizer 41 Pizzazz 43 *Motionless sculptures 45 In ___ (as found)

46 Abu Dhabi, for one 49 “Gone With the Wind” family 51 Butterfly catchers 52 Broccoli stem 53 “Death of a Salesman” surname 54 Permeate 55 Paintings such as

“The Clothed Maja” 58 “South Park” co-creator Parker 59 A groundhog may peek out of one

61 In that case 62 Deserve 63 Agitated state 65 Before, to a poet 67 ___ Schwab