PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Like the highest degree 4 “___ the
Explorer” 8 Name before “lemon,” in an activewear brand
12 Nays’
opposites 14 “That’s
my cue!” 15 Does some
modeling 16 A-lister 18 Sports or
concert venue 19 *Urban intersection boundaries 21 PC’s “Get me outta here!” key
22 Get an F 23 Expects that
one will 27 When woolly mammoths roamed the Earth
31 In ___ land
(spacey) 32 *+++
35 Big primate 36 Renaissance ___ (historical reenactment) 37 Chinese
zodiac rodent 38 *First letters of Lima and Lisbon, aptly 41 Lavish party 42 Sharing a common culture 43 Naive
46 Iowa college
town 48 ___ de cologne 49 Temperature on a hot day, or a hint to the starred clues’ answers and each black square arrangement in the grid 55 Word after “man” or “picky” 56 Underlying
reason
58 Bill
collectors? 59 Golden Rule
preposition 60 Breakfast-inbed surface 61 One who has
your back 62 Rounded
hammer end 63 Caustic
cleanser DOWN
1 The Big Apple,
briefly 2 Summer tops 3 Come to
a stop 4 Straight to the
point
5 Neglect to
mention 6 Campus
military org 7 “Don’t give me ___ your lip!” 8 Rhine siren who inspired Sylvia Plath 9 Product consumer
10 It helps you
focus 11 “Born in the ___” (Springsteen anthem) 13 Sister and sometime rival of Venus 15 Loses one’s
cool 17 Nickname
similar to Beth 20 Confident poker player’s move
23 Finish second
at Belmont 24 Gently splash
against 25 Hebrew alphabet starter 26 Iridescent
gem
28 Concur 29 Pesky flyers 30 ___ Park,
Colorado 33 Start of many
rap names 34 Major in
astronomy? 36 Aspect
39 In a silly way 40 Kitchen gizmos that ding 41 Well-versed in
a language 44 Normandy
or Aragon 45 Root for
a luau 47 Pancake topper
49 Execute perfectly
50 “___ never fly!” 51 Copenhagen
resident 52 Major
addition? 53 Countess’s
counterpart 54 Kill it at a
comedy club 55 Letter after
zeta
57 Retina’s organ