Times Colonist

DIAGRAMLES­S, 21 X 21

- By Myles Mellor

ACROSS

1 Soften 5 On a sloop’s sheltered side 6 Takes revenge 7 Holdup 11 Strength 12 Got decked out in 13 Involving much bloodshed 16 School ___ book 18 ___ in a blue moon 19 Hebrew shepherd 20 Handsome young men 23 Yugoslavia­n Pres. 27 Workbench attachment 28 Lordly 29 Longtime computer operating system 30 Library catalog abbr. 31 “Holberg Suite” composer 32 Yielded 33 “Peter and the Wolf” bird 38 Mountain whose Italian name is Mongibello 39 Part of a joint 40 Now, now, now! 41 Decrease 44 Nabe store 45 Cookie 46 NM state flower 48 Troubling spots, slangily 49 Apple dessert 52 Old king in Iran 56 Early anesthetic 58 Impulsive 59 Greens 61 Evict 65 Tangelo variety 66 ___ State (nickname of Hawaii) 67 Test choice 68 Insightful 69 Ritzy 71 Long in the tooth 72 Pullover 73 Venomous snakes 77 Cold war side 78 Choir member 79 Sentimenta­l 81 Nothing ___ 82 Till 83 Port. is part of it 84 Hardly haute cuisine

DOWN

1 The wise men 2 Funeral song 3 River in Hades 4 The T in Ferrari TR 7 Distended 8 Not for court 9 BP subsidiary 10 Thousand-dollar sums, slangily 11 All by ___ 13 Crumpled 14 Leave off the list 15 French painter ___ Bonheur 17 Tried to reach 21 Look (over) 22 Remembranc­e 23 Mexican flower 24 Knowing the inside data 25 Novice 26 Yoked beasts 34 Way to address a peeress 35 Exhaust 36 Toiletry item 37 Colossal 39 Choppers, so to speak 42 Trickle 43 Habeas corpus, e.g. 47 Offensives 49 Muck 50 Fury 51 Bermuda, e.g. 53 Shouts to get attention 54 Moisturize­r additive 55 Nobel prize winner, Otto 57 ___ Club 60 Computer informatio­n 62 Pressure 63 Took to court 64 Turner and others 69 Gemstone 70 Fishing rod 74 Turned 75 Punitive 76 Brief argument 80 Inside info

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