DIAGRAMLESS, 21 X 21

ACROSS 1 Farsi is spoken here 5 It’s outstanding 9 “___ and I Know It” (2011 LMFAO hit) 10 Swear 11 Wipes the

slate clean 12 Purple flower 14 Alabama city 15 Roof hanger 17 Words of agreement 18 Snicker 19 Bank 20 Kind of mgr. 24 Meat to eat 25 USMC rank 26 Small, white dried legumes 28 Saw 33 French beach

destination 35 Top cards 36 Parallel 37 Forearm bone 38 Prefix with drama 39 Corner the market on 41 Type of canine,

with bull 42 Speech outline 47 Yeats’s land 49 Former Vice

President Al 50 Coffee choice 53 Others 54 Not act 55 Cornerstone abbr. 57 Strike back 61 Drivers licenses, etc 64 Hawaiian strings 65 Cleaning cabinet

supplies 66 Egg __ soup 67 In as much as 69 Move stealthily 70 Orson Scott Card’s “____ Game” 72 Closed airtight 73 Arrive 74 “When ___ said

and done ...” 75 Rich, Spanish 76 Go out of control, with run 77 One objecting

to a called strike 78 A herb

DOWN 1 Queen who backed

Columbus 2 Sticky 3 Brian Boitano moves 4 Nasdaq rival 5 Miró contemporary 6 Order out of

the premises 7 Have faith in 8 The windpipe 11 Famous lover 13 Innocent 14 Artist Chagall 16 Electric and conger 20 Blacksmith’s

iron block 21 South Vietnamese

city 22 Two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Nykvist 23 Lebanon port 27 Terrible 29 Apply crudely 30 Rights grp. 31 The 80 million born between 1979 and 1999 32 Biblical-birthright

seller 33 Rear-end, say 34 “Why should ___ you?” 40 Short and trim 41 Engine sound 43 Shrek, e.g. 44 Stay on your ___ 45 While lead-in 46 ___ new

world record 48 Set by the Fed 50 “__ be darned!” 51 Buzz’s moonmate 52 Sojourn 56 Similar to a

robin or swallow 57 Ploy 58 Stretching the household budget 59 Makes a formal

offer of 60 Like some monks 62 Handouts 63 Flew 66 Screenplay element 68 “Fear of Flying” author Jong 69 1965 King

arrest site 71 Persnickety one 72 Software delivery

model, abbr.