PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Entice

6 Actress Kendrick 10 Welcome site? 13 Many have snooze buttons 15 Minnesota’s

state bird 16 NPR’s Glass 17 *Proved useful (In this clue’s answer, note the first 2 letters + the last 3)

19 Title for David

Attenborough 20 “Frozen” snowman

21 Soothe

22 Exam for a

future atty. 23 Brother

of Cain

25 Least clear 28 *Charttoppers

(... first 2 letters + last 2) 32 Entertain 33 How most dogs are walked 36 Shoo-___ (obvious winners) 37 White elephant

offerings

39 “In the Heights” director Jon

40 Daily Planet reporter 43 Some Alaskans 45 *People who clean flues

(... first 3 letters + last 2)

48 Indigo Girls hit inspired by an astronomer 50 “That really hurts!” 51 Legend

52 Aloe ___ gel 54 Founder of the Resistance 58 “The Real World” channel

59 You might need them when you’re hungry between meals, and a theme hint 62 Leader of the Three Stooges 63 Dog who visits Oz

64 Parts of drum kits

65 Goof

66 “So true!” 67 G-sharp equivalent

DOWN

1 Tuesday food,

perhaps

2 Tel Aviv airline 3 “Mommy, ___, and Me” (kids’ book) 4 Quick-toassemble homes 5 “Spare me the details!”

6 “I’m sorry to say ...”

7 It’s no big whoop 8 Doze (off ) 9 Whichever 10 Doesn’t enter at the right time

11 Opera solos 12 “The Goldfinch” author Donna 14 Grinchlike look 18 Ring light? 22 Troubadour’s

instrument 24 Drone that doesn’t run on batteries? 26 Lightbulb moments

27 Name that sounds like a fish organ 28 Do perfectly 29 “Yeah ... definitely not” 30 Person who might buy nice headphones 31 Without a

charge 34 Catan: Seafarers vessel 35 Modest dwellings 37 Bananagrams,

e.g.

38 Think outside

the box

41 Leg part

42 ___ Nas X 43 ___ Jima 44 Something to

turn over 46 Part of NYC 47 Q-tips, e.g. 48 “I want it!” 49 Role-playing

expert? 53 Subject of interest, for short? 55 “Downton Abbey” title 56 Furniture store that sells “plant balls”

57 CEO’s aide:

Abbr.

59 R.R. stop 60 Eating sound 61 Molecule hidden in “internal”