PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Olive stones 5 Canoe or kayak 9 Beyond bad 14 Spoken 15 Italian coins before euros 16 Dealership offer 17 Couple of store events? 19 Hit the thumbs-up button 20 Large bags 21 Dressed 23 Frontiersman Carson 24 Ref. with 20 volumes 25 Mall binge 28 Couple of mooring platforms? 34 Small pieces of criminal evidence 35 Improved in a barrel 36 Vodka order 37 Word after “loose” or “tight”

38 “... went to town/ A-riding on ___” 39 Period of history 40 Adam’s apple location? 42 Fourth-down play, often 43 Very steep 45 Couple of brawls? 47 Spanish small plates 48 Carole King’s “It’s ___ Late” 49 Farm enclosure 50 Given the cold shoulder 54 Light beer 57 Setting the table, for one 58 Couple of thin coins? 61 Passport endorsements

62 ___ Man (red-and-gold Marvel hero) 63 Singer/ activist Simone 64 Refine, as ore 65 Abe Lincoln’s coin 66 Sprout up

DOWN

1 Soda, to some 2 SEP and SIMPLE plans 3 Reid of “Sharknado” 4 Lazy worker 5 Dynamite explosion 6 It’s crude at first 7 Word before “code” or “rug” 8 Obstacle for a new driver? 9 Fighting together 10 Oddballs 11 Counterfeit 12 Not new 13 Was first on a trail 18 They’re usually blue on a clear day 22 Sycophant 25 Woolly animals 26 Cuddlylooking Chinese beast 27 Contract addon

28 ___ New Guinea 29 Ecstasy’s counterpart 30 Landlords’ fees 31 Hatchling’s call 32 South ___ (2018 Winter Olympics country) 33 Famous performers 38 Garment with strings 41 Makeup-free 43 Lieu

44 On a clothesline, say 46 Black-cake filling? 49 Seed, one day 50 Leveling wedge

51 Sit for a portrait 52 Large-scale film 53 “Double-dog” challenge 55 Middle Eastern ruler 56 Nevada casino city 57 Big pharmacy chain 59 Weasley in “Harry Potter” books 60 Observed