PATTERNLESS CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Strong suit

6 Peeved

10 Parentheses’ shapes

14 One may behave childishly

15 Mournful cry

16 Word that can precede or follow “dish”

17 Workplace antics?

20 Laryngitis doc

21 “No ifs, ___ or buts!”

22 Adjective for a shoppe

23 In former days

24 Lazy person

26 Chain of Japanese restaurants in Ottawa’s country?

30 Mongolian tent

33 World’s largest rain forest

34 Corn castoffs

36 Informal turndown

37 Brawl

38 Feel rotten

39 Pasta with slanted ends

41 Certain batteries

42 Stereotypical techie

44 Orbiters with tails

45 Go ballistic

47 Tightfisted surgery aide?

49 Island nation near Tunisia

51 Graffiti signatures

52 Artist’s inspiration

53 Skin woe treated by Retin-A

54 No. on a college transcript

57 Longing for B.B. King’s performances?

61 Garfield’s dog pal

62 Plant that soothes burns

63 Vigor

64 VSCO uploads, slangily

65 Opens, as a hood

66 Classic cow name

DOWN

1 Fortune’s partner

2 One-eyed Norse god

3 Buildup on some old Tonka trucks

4 “No Scrubs” girl group

5 “Burn After Reading” codirector

6 Most populous Nordic country

7 Clumsy sorts

8 Kia subcompact

9 North Pole assistant

10 Rick who sang “Never Gonna Give You Up”

11 Speedy bird

12 Place to order a croissant

13 Lip balm stat, perhaps

18 Like some Andean artifacts

19 Note before la

23 Flow slowly

24 Celebrity with a huge following

25 Bit of eye cream

26 May honorees, informally

27 “Just to clarify ...

“28 Latin genre featuring congas

29 Bases’ opposites, in chemistry

31 Tirades

32 “Kids ___ days ...”

35 Squidward’s neighbor

38 Solo for Lisette Oropesa

40 Birds that are too heavy to fly

43 Defib pro

44 Construction site hoist

46 Doesn’t get an F

48 Carves in glass

50 Luau garland

52 Skirt that covers the knees

53 Perched upon

54 They surround the roots of teeth

55 Livens (up)

56 Like a dirty fireplace

57 Cleaner in a bucket

58 Toddler’s break

59 Day-___ paint

60 Bathroom, to Londoners