PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Biodegradable drinking tubes
12 Govt. ID issuer
15 “Beats me!”
16 One may be a groaner
17 “SNL” sketch in which Will Ferrell loudly plays a certain hand percussion instrument
18 Fitting
19 Sailor’s assent
20 Parts of underground rock bands?
21 Jouster’s weapons
23 Brought to court
24 Not as moist
25 Some utensils for consuming pho
28 Take a selfcare day, say
31 “... never mind, then”
32 “___ me!” (“I’ll take a cold one!”)
33 Fluffy lapdog, for short
34 One hundred, in Spanish
35 Word before “pyramid” or “cannonball”
36 Try again
37 Mathematician Lovelace
38 “Gnossiennes” composer Satie
39 Artsy hat, stereotypically
40 Protective camera covers
43 Seasonending episode
44 Dual degree for a research scientist
45 Gait between walk and canter
46 Over the line, say
47 “I can hear you, you know”
48 What this answer shares with the answers to
46- and
47-Across
51 Cozy lodging
52 Denizen of the deep
55 CDC HQ locale
56 Place to order a long black
57 Camera-___ (reluctant to be photographed)
58 Fashion associated with youth culture
DOWN
1 Cotton variety
2 “Greetings, sailor!”
3 Trim (down)
4 Night before
5 Narrate
6 Sleeps loudly, in a way
7 Pulled behind
8 Saucecovered fare at a cookout
9 Citrus drink suffix
10 “Aww, nuts”
11 Job interview topic
12 “Dune,” for one
13 Professional poser
14 Raisins, in a childhood snack
22 Medical research org.
23 Before long
25 L.A.’s region
26 Time for a rainbowcolored parade
27 Totally unique
28 Big rigs
29 Patio furniture wood
30 Ham it up onstage
32 Belch
35 Adjustable part of a car seat
36 Tenant’s payment
39 Organic matter used as fuel
41 Moisturizer initials 42 Runs after, as a cat toy
43 Least restricted
45 ___-point line
46 Aunts, in Argentina
47 Farmland measurement
48 July gem
49 Type of report
50 “If I ___ you ...”
53 When to celebrate / Haiku Poetry Day, yay! / (abbreviation)
54 Young kid