PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Starter dishes,
for short 5 Note to
all staff 9 Thicket
14 (I want
Friskies!) 15 Dutch cheese 16 Nebraska’s
largest city 17 Castaway’s
place 18 Goodyear
product 19 Strictness 20 Go into free fall (Note this answer’s last 4letters+1 letter above the block to the right + ...) 22 Affectedly polite (... this answer’s first 4 letters) 24 Promotes
heavily 25 Party with
techno 26 Fencing option
29 “___ World” (“Sesame Street” segment) 33 Held a grudge (Last 3 letters + 1 above the block + ...) 38 Bedding or towels
(... first 4) 40 Sped 41 Helped 43 March
Madness org. 44 Interior design (Last 3 letters + 1 above the block + ...) 46 Bookkeeping entries
(... first 4) 48 Wooden rod 50 Peered at 51 Monopoly
card
53 Jason Sudeikis
character Ted 58 Don quickly (Last 3 letters + 1 above the block + ...) 62 Built (... first 2. Bonus: Note what the letters above the blocks spell!) 64 Japanese energy healing
65 Joe
67 Hold’em holding
68 Off your plate? 69 Norse god
of wisdom 70 Otherwise 71 Garden shovel 72 Egg’s center 73 Does and such
DOWN
1 Like many residents of Lancaster, Pa. 2 Irksome
3 Coral
component 4 Any member
of ABBA 5 Where to watch “Svengoolie” in 2023 6 “Bupkis”
actress Falco 7 Feb.
successor 8 Ohm symbol 9 Ivy in Ithaca 10 Skip over 11 Summon by
intercom 12 Croc or mule,
e.g. 13 Viscount’s
superior
21 “It’s clear now” 23 New Year’s ___ 25 Prepped 27 “Get a room!” elicitor, for short
28 Name that’s a fruit backward 30 Herb often paired with lamb
31 Way back
when 32 Clothing line? 33 Avg.
34 ___ the line
(obeyed) 35 West Coast
gas brand 36 “That HURT!” 37 Declare untrue 39 Lil ___ X 42 Student center?
45 Merlot,
for one
47 Run in
neutral
49 Fifth zodiac
sign
52 “Dig in!”
54 Felt yesterday’s workout 55 Like bread for French toast, ideally
56 Have a hunch 57 More weird 58 Uno y dos 59 Pile
60 EGOT winner
Moreno 61 Green-lighted 62 Apt anagram
of “vile”
63 ___ and file 66 Hullabaloo