PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Media giant established by royal charter

7 Rink

resurfacer 14 Mexican hot

sauce brand 15 “Don’t test

me!”

16 “Black Adam” superhero whose name contains a sharp-eyed bird 17 Scornful Bart Simpson catchphrase 18 Visitors from other planets, for short 19 ___ colada 21 Deny

22 “Now,

about ...” 24 Hires new

actors

26 ___ and labor (repair bill pair)

28 Card’s cap

letters

29 Pet food

brand 33 Noisy

kisses

35 Plot of a

zombie film? 38 Darlin’ 39 Mountaineering tools 41 Some E.R.

staff 42 Compost pile

additions 44 Get cracking

46 Ticked (off ) 47 Track in a dirt road

49 Have a hunch 50 Protectively

watchful 54 Open a tad 55 Skinny-___ (naked swimmer) 58 Chicago politician Lightfoot 60 Type of port for a mouse 61 Battle on a Wikipedia page 63 Gentle detergent brand 65 Periodic table

item 66 Tempted 67 Gobi and

Sahara 68 Prime

minister, e.g. DOWN

1 Dean Martin’s signature “love” song 2 “Weird!” 3 Deer on Idaho’s state seal 4 Speed ___

(road ridge) 5 Name that anagrams to “Libra” 6 French film

festival site 7 Change direction suddenly 8 Church chorus? 9 Convened in 10 Looked after another’s child

11 Dollar bills 12 “Feeling Good” singer Simone 13 Wee,

informally 14 Low blow 20 “Just play

it cool” 23 Non-Rx 25 Trebek who hosted “Jeopardy!”

27 Body wrap? 30 Whiskey sour

ingredient 31 Watergate, for Pres. Nixon, e.g.

32 Pearl

source

34 First part of

STEM: Abbr. 36 1/1000 of

a gig 37 Those, in

Spanish 40 Off-white hue 43 Pet shelter

sign

45 Green or

black drink 48 Gardener’s

little shovel 51 More

recent 52 Research

funding 53 Aerial photography craft 55 Monopoly

holding 56 Vegetating,

say 57 Traditional Thanksgiving desserts 59 Tiny bit 62 Some NFL

blockers

64 Jar top