PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Space Race country, briefly 5 Refuses to
proceed 10 Toggle on an
alarm clock 14 LA or NYC
neighborhood 15 To no ___
(fruitless) 16 Bubkes 17 Stock market
debuts: Abbr. 18 Mount ___
Hospital 19 Thick, wheat
flour noodle 20 Elisabeth of “Leaving Las Vegas” 21 “That is,”
in Latin 22 Clickable text 23 Stir-fry need 24 Long-winded 26 Had a snack 27 Recurring title role for Tyler Perry
29 Screw up 30 Irritate
32 Sixth sense,
for short 33 Affirmation on
the high seas 34 Like carpaccio and ceviche 35 “___!”“Polo!” 37 “Dapper” fellow
38 Like most
salad greens 41 Swiss peak 42 “No ___” (“You can’t go back in” rule) 45 “Despicable Me” protagonist 46 Apple computer since 1998 48 “Star Wars” droid, familiarly 49 Timid 50 Indian city that became Chennai 52 Support
beams 54 Kerouac novel ... and where you’d find the first words of 3-, 7- and 11-Down 58 One of five born together, informally 61 Body spray
brand 62 Seasons,
like popcorn 66 Worth
67 Place to be
pampered 68 All-vowel refrain in a kids’ song 69 Boston NBAers, for short 70 Bounce
71 “r u 4 real?”
DOWN
1 Sleep aid
brand 2 Dorothy’s mom on “The Golden Girls” 3 Piece of protective football gear 4 Thorny
flower
5 Jazz Count 6 Bookworm 7 Women’s ap-
parel company 8 Hyundai Santa
Fe alternative 9 Narrow cuts 10 Blue, in Span-
ish
11 Income that half of workers make more than 12 “ASAP!” 13 Word before “bars” or “busi- ness” 24 Gaseous mist 25 Like a 5 a.m.
wakeup call 28 Top-left
keyboard key 31 Scot’s “no” 35 Really hurt 36 ___ mater 39 Agonize (over) 40 Laughs heart-
ily 43 The right
direction? 44 Red, in Spanish 47 Portmanteau
pastry 49 Where hang time takes place
51 Puts some chips on the table 53 Desert
refuges 55 Chopped-up
meat dish 56 Trade show 57 Collect,
like crops 58 HSN
competitor 59 Home to the Burj Khalifa, for short 60 Feeling hot, or not feeling so hot
63 French article 64 Up to, briefly 65 What tofu is
made of