PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Like blue lobsters, compared to red ones
6 Recede
9 Not just check, in poker
14 Conclusion to the Greek alphabet
15 In the style of
16 Like raw gems
17 Salad bar implement
18 CD-___
19 Judges to be
20 *Loo
23 Ref. work started in 1857
24 Well resource
25 “As It ___” (2022 Harry Styles hit)
28 *Shed 34 Administered
35 Warty animal
36 Careless speed
37 “Go back,” on a computer
39 Disney film featuring Samoan song lyrics
42 Work as a mall elf, e.g.
43 Concepts
45 “What the ___!”
47 Faucet
48 *Logged
52 Web portal that uses Bing
53 Pigeon call
54 Sight seer?
55 Instant noodles directive, and a hint to fixing the starred clues
61 Person in a cast
64 Egg cells
65 Cleverly dodge
66 Drink made with protein powder, perhaps
67 Part of a wheel or drum
68 Calligraphy detail
69 Brought on board
70 Poem full of praise
71 Easy gaits
DOWN
1 Campus march grp.
2 Love, in Lima
3 Contact lens care brand
4 Doubledares, say
5 Most impulsive
6 Bring in, as money
7 WordPress creation
8 Mah-jongg suit that’s also a plant
9 He travels with Cupid
10 Once more
11 Zamboni surface
12 Total
13 Space travelers: Abbr.
21 “Under the weather,” e.g.
22 ___-Manuel Miranda
25 Not fooled by
26 Small role in “Avengers: Endgame”?
27 Treeless plain
28 “Some things never change,” e.g.
29 Total strangers, informally
30 Of Machu Picchu’s mountain range
31 The way, in Eastern philosophy
32 Neighbor of Montana
33 Feed bag morsel
38 Wood hidden in “cloakrooms”
40 Pickleball court barrier
41 Felt sore
44 Fortified
46 Island in southern Florida
49 Bun and bob, briefly
50 “Neighbor”in a Studio Ghibli film 51Lodgebuilding animal
55 Kid (around)
56 Enthusiastic
57 Judi Dench’s title
58 Southeast Asian root
59 Menu for Cut and Paste
60 They whistle while they work
61 Wood hidden in “washrooms”
62 Energy, in Eastern philosophy
63 La Brea ___ Pits