PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Long licorice

pieces

6 Fish tank film 10 Omelet needs 14 Vital artery 15 Rubik’s ___ 16 Cozy corner 17 “This or that?” 18 Greek counterpart of Mars

19 “Ciao,” in

Cambridge 20 Piece of jewelry with attachments (In this answer, note the first 3 letters + the last 3) 23 ___/her 25 Genre for

Lauryn Hill 26 Grade of beef 27 Natural response to a free trip invitation

(... first 2 letters + last 3)

32 Not completely shut

33 “Planet of

the ___” 34 Like some

horror flicks 35 Part of a college application, often

37 Fly traps 41 Exclude 42 Athletic shoe

brand

43 Guy who’s determined (... first 3 letters + last 4) 48 Five-___ chili 50 High/low card 51 Possible cause of a bad trip 52 Fonzie’s affirmative (... first 2 letters + last 3) 57 Movie part 58 Injure 59 “You’re So Vain” singer Carly 62 Egyptian goddess of healing 63 Where to find MALM bed frames and meatballs 64 More than

most 65 Bumper

boo-boo 66 Ring, as

church bells 67 Rumba or

samba DOWN

1 How oysters may be served

2 Aah’s partner 3 Battle that benefits consumers 4 Engrave with

acid

5 Desert home to dromedary camels 6 Garlicky

shrimp dish 7 “___ Your

Enthusiasm” 8 Lyft

alternative 9 Third-largest

city in Arizona 10 Punches in,

as a PIN 11 Penguin in

a net, e.g. 12 Pranked some people, slangily 13 11-Down’s

footwear 21 Sought office 22 PC cores 23 Thick carpet

type 24 Wyndham hotel chain, familiarly 28 Sob

29 Many a reggae artist 30 Clean Water

Act org. 31 Funny Tina 35 Genre with introspective lyrics 36 Transgression 37 “As I ___

saying ...” 38 Bad sign 39 Blurbs in social media profiles

40 It covers the

5-Down 41 “I’ve got this

round!” 43 Miami baseball player

44 Put in

handcuffs 45 Bear or hare 46 Critical hosp.

ward

47 Felt

instinctively 48 Sharpsmelling 49 Tight’s

opposite 53 Pringle, for

one

54 ___ out

the trash 55 Field of expertise 56 Prima donna 60 Goblin relative 61 Annual occasion to pop champagne, for short