PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Simple dwellings 5 Objective 9 Basil sauce 14 Gumbo thickener 15 Quick to snap, say 16 States with confidence 17 *Hospital wing for a plutocrat? 19 Amassed, as expenses 20 Studio supporters? 21 “Your majesty” 23 Leb. neighbor 24 Shakespeare’s “For shame!” 25 Data upload letters 27 *Message from a scammer? 29 Tar Heels’ sch. 30 Theater class assignment? 32 Tempestuous 33 Leave alone 35 Center of rotation
37 Does something with 38 *Marketers’ word choice? 41 Like a wafer 44 A person’s 45 Poem by David 49 Is inadequate 51 Casual stride
53 Prefix suggesting revival 54 *Refuses to settle? 56 Convent figure 57 Letter before upsilon 58 Fuel additive brand 59 Wiener schnitzel ingredient 61 Becomes fit to eat 63 Aboriginal Bahamian people (hidden in “mountainous”) 65 Hair condition that explains how the starred answers break up? 67 “Snowy” waterbird 68 Barriers to cooperation 69 Bendable leg part 70 Marsh plants 71 Grains in most breads? 72 Organs with canals
DOWN
1 Optimistic 2 Largest country that’s fully in Europe 3 Divide into thirds 4 Rescue 5 Reaches 6 Certain 8-Down poem
7 Gets older 8 Emotional poetic genre 9 Ewe or ram, for a lamb 10 Actress Longoria 11 Next year’s
alumni, often 12 “I’m not kidding!” 13 Large, fisheating birds 18 Nobel who established the Nobel Prize 22 Martini & ___ 26 Unadorned 28 Objects in English class? 31 Do wonderfully 34 Xhosa and Zulu’s language group 36 “Let’s fight!” 39 Lorna ___
40 Impatient cry on Christmas morning 41 Tornado 42 A diplomat may negotiate one’s release 43 Give ideas to 46 Projecting insect part 47 He loved Hero 48 Styles with foam 50 Golfer’s gouges 52 Strict grammarian 55 Neon and argon 60 Women’s links org.
62 Toy from China, briefly? 64 Nickname for Edward 66 Texter’s reaction to a joke