PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Vivacious 5 One may be topped with numbers or figures 9 Celestial strings 13 Plant life 15 Has bills to pay 16 Lotion additive 17 Open house features, at times? 19 Hippie homes 20 Like holiday hires 21 Underdog’s victory 22 U-turn from WNW 23 Many a major paper

25 Fire remnant 28 NYC winter time

30 Part of NIMBY 31 “___ the season ...” 34 *Urban pollution (letters 1 to 2 +...) 36 “America the Beautiful” expanse 38 Needing to be done ASAP 40 *Canine, e.g. (... 2 to 5) 42 **She lived in Eden ( 1to2+...) 44 Market section 45 Barely manage 47 **Last word in many books (... 1to2) 49 ***Itchy cat’s woe

(1 to 2 + ...) 50 Marina del ___ 51 Do one better than

53 “You don’t say!” 55 ***Cash dispenser

(... 1 to 2) 56 Put Ajax to work 58 Dads 60 Mower’s path 63 People who make the news? 68 Dobrev or Simone 69 Like some houses, and a hint to the starred stacked answers’ indicated letters 70 Against 71 Mathematician Turing 72 Porcupine’s point

73 ___ pressure 74 Smartphone

message 75 Like a snail

DOWN

1 Fizzling sound 2 French fashion magazine 3 Hotel unit 4 Cliche 5 Pepsi-___ 6 Emmy or Tony 7 From Nairobi, say

Start to smile? Upbeat Pharrell Williams 10 11 8 9 hit

“Poor me!” Took the bus Exterminator’s 12 14 target Stood up 18 It should be free in a democracy

21 Prefix for “sound” 24 Poker pot promise 25 Star-shaped flower 26 Harmful factory output 27 Malarkey

29 ___ time (golf reservation) 31 Inventor Nikola

32 Fjord, e.g. 33 Water vapor

35 Classic Pontiac 37 Often-wide st.

39 Animated internet pic 41 Rabbit residence 43 Part of ESL: Abbr.

46 Also

48 Train terminal 52 Lavender color 54 Nobles above viscounts 56 Part of a flight 57 Take a break 59 What this puzzle’s central black squares resemble 60 ___, Crackle and Pop 61 Liquid that may be dry 62 Feed the kitty, in poker 64 Beer serving 65 The dark side 66 City northwest of Las Vegas 67 Large quantity 69 Opposite of 14-Down