PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Poles seen at a marina 6 CD-___ 9 Work with a net 14 Athlete at Houston’s Minute Maid Park

15 Alien craft 16 Ancient Greek region 17 *Ride up? 19 “Eureka,” for California 20 Fingernail material 21 Rival of Bama 23 “Get a Clue” channel

24 Hit, as a fly 25 Unfortunate neighbor at a dinner party 28 *Rat Pack member dubbed “The King of Cool” 34 Food writer Garten 35 Nonvegetarian alternative to vegetable oil 36 Grandma, in Granada 37 Kayak’s cousin 39 Beast of burden 41 Bolshevik Vladimir 42 Short kind of note in music 44 West Wing worker 46 Bout stopper, for short 47 *Superior wine classification

49 Sorrows 50 Hard journey 51 Relative of ante53 Like freshly ironed pants 57 Hearty savory pastry 61 “Game of Thrones” episode, now 62 Advantage in a race, or what each starred answer has? 64 Justice Samuel 65 Fertility clinic specimens 66 Mortise’s partner 67 Already 68 President pro ___ 69 Sporting venue

DOWN

1 Truck with a bulldog hood ornament 2 Tennis great Arthur 3 Headliner 4 Red Cross priority system 5 Organizes 6 Bring crashing down 7 Broadway opening?

8 Its first headquarters was nicknamed Hitsville U.S.A. 9 Commuter’s guide 10 Word after “dining” or “drawing”

11 Hostile to 12 Brainpower 13 Neighbor of Cambodia 18 Hamilton of “Terminator: Dark Fate” 22 Dalai ___ 24 Pitiful person 25 Arm wrestler’s muscle 26 Currently broadcasting 27 Cooking appliance 29 Important time 30 Bewail 31 50 minutes after the hour 32 “Thumbs-up!” 33 Former small iPods 35 Winter song that mentions “some corn for poppin’” 38 Resistance unit

40 Respectful address 43 This place 45 Tricked 48 Extremely popular 49 More rainy 52 Many a reggae musician 53 Crustacean that can pinch 54 Be dependent (on)

55 CNN anchor Burnett 56 ___ insurance 57 Palindromic respectful address 58 French door part 59 Metal that symbolizes strength 60 Sicilian peak 63 She raised Cain