Times Colonist

DIAGRAMLES­S, 21 X 21

- By Myles Mellor

ACROSS

1 Reason to cram 5 Diamond legend, with “the” 9 Trade show 10 Rows 11 Coach Andy 12 Fruity pastry 13 Apropos of 14 “A ___ Day’s Night” 15 Cries for attention 20 Old time writer 25 Lay into 26 Duck down 27 Ron whose #10 was retired by the Chicago Cubs 28 On the briny 29 Western potato 30 Give it sparkle 32 Pillar 34 ‘’Hey, Buddy!’’ 38 Enthusiast­ic poetry 40 Insurer for military personnel 44 Machinatin­g 45 Supporting 47 “___, Brute?” 48 Wife of Jacob 49 Telegraphy inventor 50 Plant with triangular fronds 51 Fish-feeding eagle 52 Customer 53 Building block 54 Computer informatio­n 55 Napoleonic marshal 56 Feel 58 Chops off 59 Lunch counters 63 Don’t exist 66 Director Wertmuller 67 NBA coach, Pat 68 Back street 69 Restrain 70 A Gabor sister 72 Meaning 73 Spanish for hand 76 Shade of blue 80 Way, way off 81 Capital of Italia 82 Characteri­stic carrier 83 Barely budgets 84 “___ a Teen-age Werewolf” 85 “Buona ___” (Italian greeting)

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1 Prefix with hertz 2 Old associates 3 Saliva 4 Flaps 5 Irritate 6 Battery for laser pointers 7 Winter comment 8 Founded: Abbr. 15 Helper 16 In direct competitio­n 17 Sicilian lava spewer 18 Algebra or trig 19 Sitting spot 21 Halt to a war 22 Computer architectu­re acronym 23 Prefix meaning “notion” 24 Attentive male companion 31 Regretful sadness 32 Cried weakly 33 Soap or Mozart 35 Classic children’s game 36 Trapping noose 37 Belated 38 Bouquets 39 Charitable organizati­on, often 41 Court reporter’s machine 42 ‘’Take ___ down memory lane ...’’ 43 Some wedding guests 46 Bump off 57 Connelly and Antony 60 Building additions 61 Jaime Murray, on “Dexter” 62 “Il Trovatore” soprano 64 Rub the wrong way 65 Style 68 Islands off Portugal 71 Land areas 73 Wise men 74 Some 75 Mom’s mom 77 Bind 78 US abbr. 79 Space explorers

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