DIAGRAMLESS, 21 X 21

ACROSS

1 ___-load (prepare

for a marathon) 6 Moose relatives 10 Declare 14 Dickens’s ___ Heep 15 “Mon ___!” 16 Duty 17 Attack, as a castle 18 Skin, in combinations 19 “Death on the ___” mystery thriller 20 Kind of dish 21 Mythical serpent 22 Edible tubers 23 Snapped out of it 28 Windsor building 32 Statistic 33 Lots 34 Abu ___ (emirate) 35 Plucked instrument 36 One of King Lear’s daughters 37 Mount in Sicily 38 Only 39 Silence 41 Government

lending group’s 43 “Peaky Blinders”

character 44 ‘’Trinity’’ novelist 45 Prefix with “stat” 46 Indian princess 47 Swiss city 48 Leading the pack 50 Revolving electrical

parts 54 Front of the trailer 55 Miss Scarlett 56 Tense 57 Choristers 58 Passover feast 59 “What the Butler Saw” playwright 60 Bahamian capital 62 Smallest of small 64 “The Black Prince” author Murdoch 66 Broods 70 Bank holdings,

abbr. 75 Pianist Brubeck 76 ‘’___ Brockovich’’ 77 River roar 78 Continuously 79 Man, for one 80 Dance 81 Small units of

length, abbr. 82 Basketball’s

Archibald 83 Hiding place

DOWN

1 Crescent point 2 Comic Johnson 3 Go wild 4 “Roseanne”

performer 5 Of resistance 6 Stir 7 Wasn’t honest 8 “The Galloping Gourmet” host Graham 9 Cashew family tree 10 Four-time Masters winner 11 Declares 12 First name in jazz 13 “Cheers” actor Roger 21 Basis for grits 24 Confront problems

to sort them out 25 Bill formerly of “Politically Incorrect” 26 Floor, in a

French building 27 Duct-like 29 Fireplace grate

leftovers 30 Flighty people 31 Spots 38 Arteries 40 Writer, Uris 41 Look for a website 42 Mentally challenging problems 49 Brightly colored

aquarium fish 50 Androids, e.g. 51 Chicago

airport 52 Relish 53 Director Welles 58 Whimper 61 For ___ an emergency 63 Cries 64 Footnote word 65 “The Sounds of India” musician, first name 67 Bear, to astronomers 68 Rhythmic swing 69 On bended ___ 71 Rail family bird 72 Soft drink 73 Sounds of

disapproval 74 Iranian ruler, once