PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Campfire starter, sometimes
6 WWII sub 11 Reproductive option, in brief
14 “Silly goose!” 15 “Stranger Things” actress Sink
16 Poet ScottHeron 17 *Earsplitting pneumatic drills
19 GPS guess 20 “Peter and the Wolf ” woodwind
21 Red wine choice, for short 22 Industry
power player 24 *Bike parts that keep feet secured 28 Flannel pattern
30 Servers and privates take them
31 “102 Dalmatians” star Close 32 ___ Modern (London museum) 34 “Stop
stalling!” 36 Whistle
blower, briefly 37 *Frequently misplaced items
40 “What rotten
luck!” 41 “Consarn it!” 43 Chest muscles, for short 44 Child care
worker 46 California peak 48 Smooths, as
wood
49 *What a sad ending tugs at 52 Golfer Palmer,
to fans
53 Clean Air Act
org.
54 Brittney
Griner’s league 58 ___-century
modern 59 Beethoven sonatas, say, and the ends of the starred clues’ answers 63 Function 64 Walked back
and forth 65 Negroni,
for one
66 Each 67 Celebrity gossip show 68 Beasts of
burden DOWN
1 Charisma, to
Austin Powers 2 Moby Dick’s
hunter 3 Former Matchbox car company 4 Iconic red soda
container 5 “Uhh ... wha?” 6 Diagram for a cross-country road trip 7 Disney deer 8 Poetic tribute 9 It’s all around
you
10 Tried out 11 Beach Boys or
2Pac hit 12 Blood pressure and heart rate, say
13 Custardy desserts 18 Chemistry term that isn’t basic? 23 Carded
25 “The Mod
Squad” role 26 Short
memos 27 Aptly named “Predator” prequel 28 Preacher or
bailiff ’s words 29 Southpaw 31 (That’s my mortal enemy, the mailman!) 32 Special dessert, e.g. 33 Dog show org. 35 “Your” of yore 38 Many dwellings in NYC 39 Unexpected
holdup 42 Wraparound
attire
45 What spoilers
might reveal 47 Siberian grassland
48 Sound made
by two digits 49 Overact 50 Check out again, as a library book 51 Apple music
players
55 CBS crime drama since 2003
56 Nota ___ 57 Requests 60 “LOTR” actor
McKellen 61 Untouched
serve 62 NAACP cofounder ___ B. Wells