PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 “The ___ is your oyster”
6 Arose
12 Clip artist?
13 Comedian Nancherla
14 *Cultural ethos represented by the word “aloha”
16 Fancy party
17 Lugged
18 Frying liquid
19 “How’s it goin’?”
22 In the manner of
23 STEM branch: Abbr.
26 *Like Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor, nationality wise
30 “Don’t worry about it”
31 Sound from a pig
32 Lady who has won
13 Grammys
34 Overwhelm
37 Extinct bird 38 Short concession speech
40 Odd duck
42 *Geographic region for the Aleutian Islands
47 Rocking horse rider
48 Go green, maybe?
49 That, in Spanish
50 Round object
51 iComfort mattress maker
53 Rent-a-car company
54 Travel company headquartered in Chicago, and an apt description of the starred clues’ answers 60 Positioned in the middle
61 Spanish term of endearment
62 “I deserve some pity!”
63 Watch covertly
DOWN
1 East Coast convenience store chain
2 “Hot Right Now” singer Rita
3 Slugger’s stat
4 Floral garland
5 “Aw, shucks”
6 Building with a moat
7 Seems
8 Netflix miniseries about a young mother who finds work cleaning houses
9 Screw up
10 College, to Brits
11 Touch gently
12 Going big
14 Stuff that’s brushed
15 Linguist Chomsky
16 Hunk of goo
19 Sloth, e.g.
20 Employs
21 “What a relief!”
23 Makes room, in a way
24 Check an ID 25 Digging
27 You often raise your glass for one
28 “Drop Dead Gorgeous” actress Amy
29 2023 Cricket World Cup host
32 Basic point
33 ___ gobi (potato and cauliflower dish)
35 Teeny arachnid 36 Informative TV ads
39 Middle-of-the-night hour
41 Popular period tracking app
43 Digital game inspired by Mastermind
44 “At Last” singer James
45 Jenner of “KUWTK”
46 Six-pack makeup
51 Commotion
52 Goals
53 Unidentified author, for short
54 Worker who calls strikes?
55 Opposite of paleo
56 Words that might precede a legal name change
57 “Let ’er ___!”
58 Produce, like an egg
59 “If you ask me ...”