PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Like some
grapes
5 Injure
9 Burst of
growth
14 Part of a poker
pot 15 Soothing
substance 16 Home of the Vietnamese Women’s Museum 17 *Assurances? 19 Creme de
la creme 20 Middle Eastern leader: Var. 21 Academic
stretch 23 Diva’s
performance 25 Honey ___
bread 26 *Bicycle parts
with grips? 30 Jelly holder 33 A Gershwin
brother
34 Man in England, for one? 35 Irish, perhaps 38 Number
of seas 40 Actress Longoria
42 Insect that can hold its breath for 40 minutes, informally 43 Traps
45 “Back in the ___” (Beatles title) 47 Big name in
TVs
48 Part of IPA 49 *Make
uppercase? 52 Christmas
meat 53 Biography
beginning? 54 Forbid 59 Optometry school student, aptly 62 Stick-on strip 63 *Disintegrate? (Bonus: Note what the ends of the starred clues’ answers spell) 66 Alternative to
Helvetica
67 Be the
headliner (in) 68 British boys’
school
69 More than
wants
70 Bills featuring the Treasury Building
71 It may end
with a kiss DOWN
1 Slump 2 Unpleasant
responsibility 3 Jazz’s state 4 Peruse again 5 They’re handy for emotional moments
6 PC key used
with F4 7 Becomes inedible
8 Part of an astronomical shower 9 Word before “music” or “metal” 10 Buddies 11 Military
subgroup 12 Memorization
method 13 Seating level 18 Company concerned with overbooking 22 Antony or
Anthony 24 Competent 26 Angry audience member’s sound 27 Where wrestlers face off
28 Part of USNA 29 Gun, as an
engine
30 Pop icon who
dated A-Rod 31 Classic name in video games 32 Christina of 1991’s “The Addams Family” 36 Book blunder 37 Tea with a
masala variety 39 Prior to, poetically
41 ___ Minor (much of Turkey) 44 Healing sign 46 Dazed states 50 In the thick of 51 Hacked (off ) 52 They’re alive in “The Sound of Music” 54 Strategy 55 Seldom seen 56 Theatrical
award
57 Part of a baby that must be supported 58 French word before and after “a” 60 Smidgen 61 Plunder
64 Fire from
a job 65 ___-sizefits-all