PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 (OMG!) 5 Straightforward 10 Flaky fish 13 “Feel” a barre class

14 Get away from 15 Place to see stalagmites 16 Invisible protection in sci-fi 18 Natives of southwestern Colorado 19 Painting on plaster 20 Plant breeder’s repository 22 Extremity 23 Radius’ place 25 Squeaksquelching stuff 26 Below zero, perhaps 32 Alternative to a ring or a hoop 34 Product samples 35 Prefix for “cache” or “politics” 36 Lion’s warning 37 Strands of smoke 38 Flexed

39 ___ Young Band (country group) 40 Waze suggestion 41 Pharma products

42 “Do what

I do”

45 Bawl

46 Slowly nurse 47 “Fresh Off the Boat” network 50 Afro-Brazilian martial art incorporating dance and music 55 Gaynor with the hit “I Will Survive” 57 Budgetconscious company? 58 Be a good example? 60 Number of square feet in a square yard 61 “Move over!” 62 “Gotcha” 63 Gridiron sixpointers: Abbr. 64 Exciting quality 65 Review session focus

DOWN

1 P.R. blunder 2 Part of a squirrel’s store 3 Destroy, as a sensitive document 4 Chest muscles, informally 5 “I’ve said it ___ ...” 6 Comedian Wong 7 Takes to court 8 Just sitting there

9 Yield by treaty 10 Made a list of 11 Tandoor, e.g. 12 ___ jockey (slang for an office worker) 15 Shaped like a regular die

17 Digital birthday greeting

21 Some are adopted from shelters 24 Channel of communication 26 Sphynx cat’s lack 27 Like food with a kick 28 Pushes into action 29 Denials 30 Magnifying glass, for one 31 Part of a URL 32 Without backup 33 Emotional upheavals 36 Red flag tosser 37 “That’s incredible!” 38 Where to plant flowers 40 Judge’s garment 41 Syrup source

43 Not bound together 44 Amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment 47 Came up 48 Simone who won four Olympic gold medals in 2016 49 West Point student

50 “I ___ take you anywhere!” 51 Enthusiastic 52 “Should that be the case ...” 53 Puerto ___ 54 Particle once modeled as “plum pudding” 56 Leave out 59 Dreidel, for one