PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Umps’ relatives 5 Bitter ale ingredient 9 ___ and flowed 14 Lake bordering four states 15 Over again 16 “You are your best thing,” e.g., from “Beloved” 17 Mama’s boys? 18 Apple assistant 19 Opposite of rural 20 Movement that shaped the modern workweek 23 Unreturned serve 24 Come out on top 25 Place to park 26 Compound in pot 29 Time machine on “Doctor Who” 31 Evening shindig 33 Sea’s maximum level 37 Lizzo or Taylor Swift, in the music world 39 ___ pickle 40 Poker starter 41 “Focus on the future!” 46 It might feature a pinata 47 Second half of a carefree phrase 50 Slip-___ (some shoes) 51 Grp. with co-pays 53 Writing implement 54 Wok, e.g. 55 Late-’70s Blondie hit, or a hint to the middle word in 20-, 33- or 41-Across 58 Crown inset 61 Animation collectibles 62 In days gone by 63 Best-case 64 Free speech org. 65 “Right now!” 66 Hearty enjoyment 67 ___ ‘til you drop 68 Dried herb amts.
DOWN
1 Move from a table to a booth, say 2 Beethoven’s Third 3 Openings in the woodwind section? 4 Informal gettogether 5 Hookah contents 6 Veggie for fried rings 7 Machu Picchu’s country 8 Ice cream flourish 9 It divides Earth into hemispheres 10 Stash for later, as a bone 11 Actor ___ the Drag Queen 12 Flight schedule abbr. 13 Cozy room 21 Thin branch22 One pill twice daily, perhaps 26 Curmudgeon, slangily 27 Ernie’s roommate 28 Hockey feint 30 T. rexes, e.g. 32 Apple desktops 34 “Super Mario Galaxy” console 35 Journalist Curry 36 Price label 37 Deets 38 Half dollar, for one 42 Shakespeare prince played by James Earl Jones 43 ___ Sutra 44 Packs on muscle 45 “Avatar: The Last Airbender” protagonist hidden in “camera angle” 48 Cover unscrewed at the pump 49 Beginnings 52 Black-andwhite swimmers 53 ___ asado (chicken dish) 55 Furnace output 56 Industry with apps 57 In need of directions 58 Lively dance 59 End of online colleges? 60 “The French Dispatch” director Anderson