PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Smidge of salt

6 First Greek letter

11 Degs. for linguistics majors

14 Honda luxury brand

15 Luau performances

16 One of

15 in this puzzle’s grid

17 Period in Earth’s history that started 66 million years ago

19 Exist

20 Writing assignments

21 Say further

22 Web destination

23 Bagpiper’s garb

25 Purr-fect rest?

27 Unusual

30 Serve, as coffee

32 “Frozen 2” character who sings “When I Am Older”

33 Vice ___ (the other way around)

35 Back-bending

yoga asana

39 Urgent letters?

40 Like at least two angles in every triangle

41 Large diving bird

42 Long ride?

44 Time for self-care

45 Runs on TV

46 Figures to analyze

48 44-Across destination

49 “Er, that’s incorrect ...”

51 Critter whacked in arcades

53 Woes

54 Big ___ (semi)

57 Basic skateboard tricks

61 Code-cracking org.

62 “That pushes things” ... or what you could say about 17-, 35or 42-Across?

64 Barely lit

65 Gaggle members

66 Chili in Tex-Mex cuisine

67 Setting for current events?

68 Skilled

69 Western lake between two states

DOWN

1 Walk back and forth

2 Soothes, as a sprain

3 Ones with a daily habit?

4 Frog sound

5 Brew with a cloudy name

6 Omakase tuna

7 2021 animated film set in Italy

8 Begged

9 Extremely loyal

10 Cool-cucumber connector

11 Some are eaten to enhance memory

12 Artery from the left ventricle

13 Use a broom

18 Scandinavian capital

22 Rice or beans, e.g.

24 Stanley with a celebrity cookbook

26 Order ___ carte

27 Track shape 28 Arnaz of “I Love Lucy”

29 Histrionic person, casually

31 What might be on you at the bar

34 Gives away the ending of

36 Second-string squad

37 Daytime TV option

38 “Orinoco Flow” singer

40 Varied

43 Coffee dispenser

44 Food court regular

47 Tugboat noise

49 Piccolos and oboes, e.g.

50 Fisher of “Eighth Grade”

52 Princess of Avalor, on kids’ TV

55 “Gotcha” 56 (OMG!)

58 Restless urge

59 Reverberate

60 Word after “soft” or “tap”

62 Tennis pro Swiatek

63 Volleyball action, or part of a match