PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

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1 Closet wood 6 Some Autobahn vehicles 10 Thick carpet 14 “Chasing Pavements” singer 15 Vietnam neighbor 16 Bourbon Street’s city, informally 17 Use the kitchen plumbing, say

19 Again from square one 20 Less mean 21 Hybrid plasticware item 22 Mouthful of gum 25 Host festivities 28 Relaxed 30 Highway off-ramp 31 Defamatory remark 32 Home of urban alligators, supposedly 34 Neon, for one 37 Start completing chores 41 Language suffix

42 Broad cuisine known for stirfrying 43 “Assuming that’s the case ...”

44 Abbr. on a memo 45 Young wizard of fiction 47 What many commuters do daily

52 Pig enclosure 53 Subside 54 Participate in, as a raffle 56 Beginning of an unwanted call?

57 Give up smoking, e.g. 62 Baking soda may counteract one 63 Basketball ref ’s call 64 Fuming 65 Barack Obama and Madonna, astrologically 66 Medical breakthrough 67 Nerve-racking

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1 Token in Life 2 End of Dartmouth’s URL 3 Hibernation site

4 The first “A” in A.A. Milne 5 Updates, as factory equipment 6 More melancholy 7 Computer shortcut 8 Misfortune 9 JFK jet, formerly 10 Answer brusquely 11 Samurai’s concern 12 On one’s toes 13 Ungainly 18 Lovesick feeling

21 Former vice president Agnew 22 Word before “paper” or “pipe” 23 Book often stored horizontally 24 Tennis deadlock 26 Champions’ cry 27 Canned 29 Carrier of animal pairs 32 Paragon of patience 33 In-flight approx. 34 Perfect pitch and others 35 Useful skill 36 Reporter’s pursuit 38 Shaping machine 39 This, in Tijuana 40 Exciting, in modern lingo

44 Audition hopefuls 45 Hummus scooper 46 Billboard chart history for some “wonders”

47 Sing joyously 48 Cabin or cottage 49 Off-limits 50 Arise multiple times 51 Low-down joint? 55 Hard to come by

57 Chain selling buckets 58 “Will pay later” note 59 Prohibit 60 “___ now or never!” 61 Prop not used in mini golf