PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS 1 Utah site of the 2002 Winter Olympics, briefly

4 “___, I’m Adam” (palindrome) 9 Watery hue in the Miami Dolphins’ logo 13 Soothing

mineral 15 “Humble”

home

16 Like lyrics 17 Continent adjoining Europe

18 Be subtly yet publicly critical

20 Answer

pages?

21 Item produced by Santa’s elves 22 Cicely who won an honorary Oscar in 2018 23 Move like

a butterfly 25 Sass

27 Picnic pest 28 Skip

pronouncing 29 “I should’ve ___ that coming!”

31 First part of

POTUS: Abbr. 32 Club Med

destination 34 Christina of “Yellowjackets”

36 Spew nasty words

39 Parts of hippies’ necklaces 40 Nursery chair 43 Morally right 46 Itty-bitty bit 48 Trousers

material 49 Make a pick 50 “Washboard”

muscles 51 Kids’ racing

vehicles 53 Small mammal with a long snout 55 “Wait a ___!” 56 Cost of

a ride 57 Express relief 60 “O.G. Original Gangster” rapper

61 Lake that’s the

“E” in HOMES 62 Word before “opposite” or “bear” 63 Udder part 64 Hibernation locations 65 Marry in a hurry 66 Amtrak stop:

Abbr.

DOWN

1 Congressional aide, e.g. 2 French explorer of the Mississippi 3 Exclusive and

unfriendly 4 Dull finish 5 Detests

6 Small boat 7 “Much ___ About Nothing” 8 Kitten’s cry 9 Pale gray 10 Galactic

nucleus 11 Ruined

12 FBI

employees 14 Bring into question, with “on” 19 NASCAR

sponsor

24 ___ Haute,

Ind.

25 Flowery necklaces

26 Run up, as

expenses 30 Name that anagrams to “stern” 31 Go ballistic 33 Michigan congresswoman Rashida

35 Its hands are

over its face 37 Short vows 38 Giant

slaloms, e.g. 41 Implore 42 ___ Stone (Egyptian tablet) 43 Kidded

around 44 Call from a balcony, perhaps 45 Overexertion 47 Feature of many a relationship on “90 Day Fiance” 50 Amazement 52 Earth tone, in

Canada 54 Days before

holidays 55 Missile housing

58 Koko or

King Kong 59 Fa follower