PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Wander
5 (Hey, you) 9 Second attempt
13 Belly button’s
region 14 Something to flutter, informally 15 Apple tablet 16 Short words? (Note this answer’s last 3 letters + ...) 17 True geeky self (... this one’s
first 2) 19 Constellation
component 20 Wine choice 21 Monopoly
pieces 22 Person who
has an app 24 Narrowest of
margins to win by
25 Wellness center (Last 2 letters + ...) 29 Velcro alternative (... first 4) 33 Gene variant 34 Wrath
36 Pack (down) 37 Egyptian
boy king 38 Word before
“all” or “hours” 40 Pro hoops
league 41 Biblical paradise 43 Tic-___-toe 44 Book lover 47 Televised again (Last 3 letters + ...) 49 Gamer’s leg
up (... first 2) 51 Drubbing 53 Median, e.g.,
briefly 54 Houston MLB
team
57 Home of NOLA and KCMO 58 Protected 62 “Awesome,” to the Ninja Turtles (Last 5 letters + ...) 64 Like a peon’s position
(... first 3) 65 Select All’s
menu 66 Depend 67 Blender setting 68 Rational 69 Settles IOUs 70 River to the
underworld
DOWN
1 Cheer (for) 2 Killer whale 3 Habitually 4 Unruly crowd 5 Electrician’s
gripping tool 6 Hourglass filler 7 Figure with the format 123-45-6789: Abbr.
8 Greek letter that symbolizes an angle
9 Ice hockey
enthusiast 10 Heaviest Olympic sword 11 “Rats!” 12 Strangely, they
can be even 13 Hotel room
fixtures 18 Muddy up 20 Prepare, as
leftovers
23 Mo. city
near Ill. 24 Fabled race
loser
25 One has nothing nice to say 26 Manage
to avoid 27 Take in or
let out 28 Inning’s beginning
30 Like a positive attitude
31 Plant firmly 32 Word before “tire” or “change”
35 List of
mistakes 39 Fiction’s opposite
42 Tell, as a story 45 Letter before
8-Down 46 Behaves badly 48 Beginner, in
gamer lingo 50 College application components 52 Seize illegally 54 Unreturnable
serves 55 Scotch
and ___ 56 Doppelganger, seemingly
57 Like a terrible
mood 59 Off-kilter 60 Show off at
the gym 61 What a peacock’s tail spot resembles 63 Teacher’s org. 64 Some records, for short