PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Easy comparison? 4 Congress
passes them 8 “Out, out,
out!”
14 South China or Mediterranean 15 Sound
rebound 16 Trick-taking
card game 17 According to 18 36-Down’s place of humble beginnings? 20 Total bargain 22 Steeped
beverage 23 Sunrise direction
24 Knight who wields the Force 25 Massage
deeply 28 Having to rise, for 36-Down? 33 Points at a
dartboard 34 401(k)
alternative 35 On the other
side of
38 Cpl. or sgt. 39 Crumple (up) 41 Brit’s toilet 42 Set aside, as
time
44 Small, to many a hiphop artist 45 Grad
46 Cleans up a cut on 36-Down? 49 Olympic fencing form 50 Vulgar
51 Cpl. or sgt. 54 Sara of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” 57 Employ
against 59 Best 36-Down at a baking contest?
63 Ike & Tina
Turner, e.g. 64 Tennis legend
___ Jean King 65 Freebie 66 Sheepskin
boot brand 67 Gave a shoutout?
68 Picnic pests 69 Vietnamese dish with rice noodles
DOWN
1 Egyptian
cobras 2 Healthy
red drink 3 Switch to a betterpaying job, say
4 Comic Jones 5 Pretend to be 6 “Wait, ___?” 7 In need of
a massage 8 “My gosh!” 9 For us 10 Crave
11 “Easy there!” 12 Keep at ___
length 13 Throw, in
modern slang 19 Waterproof
covering 21 Appends 26 Prophet 27 Scottish lake 28 Halftime
marchers 29 ___ Creed (set of Christian beliefs) 30 Bobby of
hockey fame 31 Bad
service? 32 Sought more
information 36 Loaf whose popularity spiked in 2020
37 Not every 39 Rung of
a ladder 40 Med. research
agency 43 Considering
everything 45 “Top Gun”
pilots
47 Big rig 48 Consumes
soup rudely 51 Dear ___ (advice column) 52 Soft cheese named for a French region 53 Sleigh
jingler 55 Ancient
Peruvian 56 Soon, in
poetry 58 Canceled,
at NASA 60 Cube to roll 61 Got hitched 62 CPR expert