PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Let in 6 “Dancing

Queen” group 10 Swarm around 13 “Time in a Bottle” singer Jim 14 It doesn’t make news when it bites a dog

15 Pacific or Atlantic, e.g., in Monopoly: Abbr.

16 Get the basic notion (In this answer, notice letters 10-13) 19 Rams’

counterparts 20 Couple’s

pronoun 21 Showing

chutzpah 23 Cancel, as

a story

25 Said “y’all,” say 26 Break free 29 They make a living from bills 31 Dampen future events (... letters 3-7) 33 Baby’s

boo-boo 34 Longtime quarterback Manning 35 Pile of

compost 39 Deteriorates

(... letters 4-7) 43 What “Izzy” may be short for 47 Penn’s

partner 48 Weaken

with water 49 One takes

orders 50 Handle

properly 51 Castaway’s home, perhaps 53 Sound heard

at a kennel 57 Makes sense

(... letters 6-10) 60 Color of a

camel’s hair 61 “Now,

doctor!” 62 Ordinary Joe 63 Animal in

“Tarzan” 64 Play group? 65 Sport with

clay targets

DOWN

1 Advil target 2 Word before “a blank” or “the line”

3 “Outta my

way!”

4 Piece of hockey footwear 5 Oolong,

for one

6 In conflict

with, with “of ” 7 Picture imperfection 8 Pleads

9 “How

relaxing!” 10 Arrived at last 11 Take too far 12 “Busy” animal 17 Parts for

actresses 18 Acquired relative

22 Drapes’ length

units: Abbr. 24 Beer with a West Coast variety, briefly 25 Brian of ambient music

26 Prefix for

“friendly” 27 Tool used

on a log 28 “___: Vegas”

(CBS show) 29 Chip dip 30 Cut a paragraph from, maybe 32 Command to

a tugging dog 35 Football

rusher

36 Subj. that builds fluency

37 Had scallion pancakes, e.g. 38 The “p” in mpg 39 Board, as

a streetcar 40 “Bravo,”

in Mexico 41 Broad, vague

category 42 Small 43 Driver’s license and others, briefly 44 Afternoon nap 45 British keg

attachment 46 Lighter fuel 49 Coagulates 51 Analogy

words 52 “Don’t go!” 54 “A Hard Road to Glory” author Arthur 55 Colosseum’s

city 56 Shoelace

frustration 58 It ended on Nov. 7 in 2021 59 Double curve