PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Frequently, old- style 4 What many kids go through 10 Tree ornament shapes 14 Coral eggs 15 Poe’s rhyme for “nevermore” 16 “Scat!” 17 Two things that are mined 20 Gradually rolled back 21 Groups of two 22 “Sadly for me ...” 23 What Time is, briefly? 26 Some marsh birds 28 Drumsticks 29 With Nike’s features 31 Hardened 32 Brush aside 34 Place with lots of milk 36 Flatulence under glass? 39 Aware 40 Noted Hun 41 Performed 42 John Jacob on the Titanic 43 Tehran’s land 47 Unlisted group 50 Perth- toMount Isa dir. 51 “Great” one of kid lit 52 Belief, either way 53 Not plumb 54 Feature of an angry kettle? 59 Language in “Purdue” 60 Get all weepy 61 Home to 1/ 3 billion 62 Latin 101 word 63 Shearers of wayward blades 64 Signee’s signer

DOWN

1 Severe trial 2 Minor fault 3 Wet item on a string 4 Trudge or drudge 5 Farm’s producer 6 Sentence linker 7 Mayday call 8 Period of history 9 Package recipient 10 Filmy statue? 11 Zimbabwe, once 12 Egotistical blowhards 13 “... mi, fa ___” 18 Less tidy 19 Liked, old- school 23 Aimee with the pipes 24 HI goodbyes 25 Twisty strangler 27 Pig’s digs 30 Very old German 33 Understand, as a joke 34 The Rio in Texas 35 Voting nay 36 Is brilliant? 37 Gingers 38 Father 39 Useless commotion 42 Mentally sharp 44 Do some fall leaving? 45 U- turn from “Ten- hut!” 46 Paul of old Hollywood 48 Provide with a trait 49 Hard court judge? 53 Nile bellycrawlers 54 Color or shade 55 Fronted 56 Fall behind 57 Rock to pick 58 Catty coating