PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Wander

5 (Hey, you) 9 Second attempt

13 Belly button’s

region 14 Something to flutter, informally 15 Apple tablet 16 Short words? (Note this answer’s last 3 letters + ...) 17 True geeky self (... this one’s

first 2) 19 Constellation

component 20 Wine choice 21 Monopoly

pieces 22 Person who

has an app 24 Narrowest of

margins to win by

25 Wellness center (Last 2 letters + ...) 29 Velcro alternative (... first 4) 33 Gene variant 34 Wrath

36 Pack (down) 37 Egyptian

boy king 38 Word before

“all” or “hours” 40 Pro hoops

league 41 Biblical paradise 43 Tic-___-toe 44 Book lover 47 Televised again (Last 3 letters + ...) 49 Gamer’s leg

up (... first 2) 51 Drubbing 53 Median, e.g.,

briefly 54 Houston MLB

team

57 Home of NOLA and KCMO 58 Protected 62 “Awesome,” to the Ninja Turtles (Last 5 letters + ...) 64 Like a peon’s position

(... first 3) 65 Select All’s

menu 66 Depend 67 Blender setting 68 Rational 69 Settles IOUs 70 River to the

underworld

DOWN

1 Cheer (for) 2 Killer whale 3 Habitually 4 Unruly crowd 5 Electrician’s

gripping tool 6 Hourglass filler 7 Figure with the format 123-45-6789: Abbr.

8 Greek letter that symbolizes an angle

9 Ice hockey

enthusiast 10 Heaviest Olympic sword 11 “Rats!” 12 Strangely, they

can be even 13 Hotel room

fixtures 18 Muddy up 20 Prepare, as

leftovers

23 Mo. city

near Ill. 24 Fabled race

loser

25 One has nothing nice to say 26 Manage

to avoid 27 Take in or

let out 28 Inning’s beginning

30 Like a positive attitude

31 Plant firmly 32 Word before “tire” or “change”

35 List of

mistakes 39 Fiction’s opposite

42 Tell, as a story 45 Letter before

8-Down 46 Behaves badly 48 Beginner, in

gamer lingo 50 College application components 52 Seize illegally 54 Unreturnable

serves 55 Scotch

and ___ 56 Doppelganger, seemingly

57 Like a terrible

mood 59 Off-kilter 60 Show off at

the gym 61 What a peacock’s tail spot resembles 63 Teacher’s org. 64 Some records, for short