Times Colonist

DIAGRAMLES­S, 21 X 21

- By Myles Mellor

ACROSS 1 Slowly or surely,

in grammar 7 Complete disaster 13 Original and first 14 Influx 15 Copper green 16 Pace 17 Common sense 18 Like some cobras 19 Extreme rapture 25 Musical piece 26 White bird 30 Not so discipline­d 31 Superior 32 Jungle vine 33 Party snacks 34 Feeling of excited anticipati­on, with on 39 Under debate 44 Strengthen­ed, with “up” 45 Chair on a porch 46 Willow twigs 47 Halloween bagful 48 Most popular 49 Barney’s venue 55 Ending for “sight” or “over” 56 “___ Majesty’s

Secret Service” 57 Big name in oil 58 Groups of families 59 Fusses 60 Boat 61 Credit card

enticement­s 63 Wish, with “to” 68 Classic Chevy

offering 74 Skeleton’s place? 75 Formidable 76 Rudder attachment 77 Like many a campground 78 Unbending 79 Drives a car DOWN 1 Computer programs,

for short 2 Small amount 3 “La Dolce __” 4 Eastern prince 5 Sound off 6 World-weary 7 Questionab­le 8 Enthralled with 9 Retro hairdo 10 Moved on ice 11 Building inspector’s

expertise 12 Was in the hole 20 Lassie, for one 21 Cordoba locale 22 ___ hold’em 23 Fight site 24 Kitchen wrap 26 KFC colonel 27 “If you ___ live long ...” (Ben Franklin) 28 Add to the pot 29 Lomond kin 34 Prize money 35 Go limp 36 Tammany Hall

cartoonist Thomas 37 Put out 38 Sport 39 1920s-’30s

design style 40 Matadors 41 Hit man 42 Trick-taking game 43 Brother of Cain and Abel 48 Played (around) 49 Insurer for military

personnel 50 Computer obsessed individual 51 Lawn bowling 52 Husband’s mom 53 Accra’s land 54 Freddie Mercury’s

voice 61 Hear again 62 Sorts (through) 63 “Hamlet” has five 64 Buttonhole 65 Cold place 66 Castaway’s place 67 Not walk straight 69 See 70 Window section 71 Commedia dell’___ 72 Gaze at 73 Throws in

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