PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Flat-topped hills of the Southwest
6 Band with a museum in Stockholm
10 Device downloads
14 Put forth,
as effort 15 Troubles
16 Chowder
chunk 17 Speak vaguely
19 Adobe abode, perhaps
20 See 38-Across
21 Title boxer of a 2001 biopic
22 Election participant
23 Fragrant purple shrub
26 5, for 125
29 Barry with the hit song “Mandy”
31 Stereotypical mathlete
32 Unskilled
33 In an unfriendly manner
35 Amt. based on 100
38 With 20-Across, first National Leaguer to hit 500 home runs
39 Twitter symbol
41 Hollywood’s “Norma ___”
42 School commencement? 43 Greatest Hits song, often
44 Air spray targets
46 Martial art with throws
47 Marriage partners
49 Yahtzee, e.g.
53 Take into the family, as a shelter dog
54 Wharton who wrote “Ethan Frome”
55 Harvard Univ. neighbor
57 Seine substance
59 Risks money at the track
60 Sushi-eating implements
64 Current craze
65 ___ California (Mexican state)
66 Entered a poker game
67 Gobs and gobs
68 Declined
69 Iraqi port
DOWN
1 Note from the boss
2 They connect to off-ramps
3 Guards keeping watch
4 Curve
5 Sault ___ Marie, Michigan
6 Deserter’s acronym
7 Kind of acid used as an antiseptic 8 Hotel room essential
9 Numbskull
10 International agreement
11 Greek author of the “Republic”
12 Sporty ’90s Toyota
13 Brainy
18 Texas home of Baylor University
22 “Nice job!”
24 Half a kissing couple?
25 However
27 Joins forces
28 Composer Bartok
29 Speechless performer
30 Sagacity
34 Tai ___
35 Possibilities
36 Pet owner, for one
37 Hardy’s Miss Durbeyfield 40 Alan of “Bridge of Spies”
45 Twosome
46 Social elites on the go
48 Bits of butter
49 Actress Messing of “Will & Grace”
50 Embodiment of perfection
51 Gas station name
52 Texted image with an attitude
56 Tablet for surfers
58 Fed. food and farming agency
60 “Big Brother” network
61 Computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey”
62 Bar bill
63 ___ jiffy