PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Name-o of a dog in children’s music
6 Undercover name
11 Bouncers check them
14 All thumbs
15 Hidden drawback
16 “Scram!”
17 Supernatural role for Bill Murray or Kate McKinnon
19 Praiseful poem
20 Soak (up), as sauce
21 Manual propeller
22 “Gimme five!”
24 Shades of color
26 Cars perfect for tailgate parties
30 Blender brand
32 Horror director Roth
33 Masala ___ (Indian drink)
34 Impatient and irritable
35 Furious
37 Writer Rand
38 Why upstairs is warmer in winter, and a hint to the placement of the pepper varieties in this puzzle
41 Joke, or fell for a joke
44 Kind of power for old locomotives
45 “The ___: Generation Q”
49 Boo-boo
51 Cable network that airs indie films
52 More rational
53 Somewhat fruit-shaped bicycle saddle
57 Dish list
58 Invite out for
59 Rapper and actor ___ Def
61 Scot’s flat hat
62 “___ Last of Us”
63 Retro flared jeans
68 Place for an AirPod
69 In-app
shopping, e.g.
70 “Gosh, you shouldn’t have”
71 Your browser might block them
72 Soup scoop
73 Hen’s perch
DOWN
1 Top dog
2 Not made by a freelancer
3 Faddish virtual critters of the early 2000s
4 It may show the way
5 “A Man Called ___” ( Tom Hanks film)
6 High-end Honda
7 ___ Cruces, N.M.
8 Hairy Addams cousin
9 High card
10 Gardenia or oleander
11 “Tricked you!”
12 Got a B, say
13 Intervenes
18 “Humbug!” lead-in
23 “Ms. ___-Man”
25 Late-night host Meyers
27 Condo “patio”
28 Insurance case
29 Charttoppers
31 Marbled breads
35 Things in a grocery cart
36 “Electric” fish
39 Naan flour
40 Did laps
41 Drink with chewy tapioca balls
42 “They tricked me!”
43 Fiddles around (with)
46 “We’re almost done!”
47 Gives a new title
48 Rhythmkeeping kit
50 Enjoy a taco, say
54 Prize won by Malala Yousafzai
55 Stroll along
56 Also
60 The sun is one
64 H, to Athena
65 Wee fellow
66 Wee, in rap names
67 Number of jokers in a deck of cards