Times Colonist

DIAGRAMLES­S, 21 X 21

- By Myles Mellor

ACROSS 1 Blackthorn berries 6 Wise in appearance 12 Saint for which a Brazilian city is named 13 Affectedly cute 14 Skylit courtyards 15 Shredded 16 Springs 17 Kind of gold 19 Calligraph­y tool 20 Border on 24 Lingerie top 25 “Peter Pan” dog 26 Kind of card in phones 27 The humanities 28 In addition 34 “Scram!” 35 Rose ribbon 37 Singer, Braxton 38 Word before

Moines or Plaines 41 Motionless­ness 43 Symbol of authority 44 Road groove 45 Vegas hotel 50 Overhead trains 51 Wagner work 53 Put in order 54 Firm 55 Relief word 56 Harder 57 Showgirl Manilow sang about 58 Supporter 60 One of the Waltons 61 Hardwood tree 63 Headed for overtime 64 Portal with a butterfly logo 65 “Nobody doesn’t like ___ Lee” 66 “___ Cried” (1962 hit) 67 Sea urchin spines 74 Adjust, in a way 77 Disjoin an ox team 78 Cookie Monster colleague 79 Soap remover 80 Paws 81 Ukraine seaport 82 Answers to some proposals

DOWN 1 BBQ restaurant offering 2 Spanish and Portuguese are its major languages 3 The royal ‘yours’ 4 Wiesel with a Nobel 5 In order (to) 6 Holy Roman Emperor 7 Worsted fabric 8 Parrot variety 9 Tabloid pair 10 Progresso product 11 Western tribe 16 Some alerts, for short 18 Card game 21 UPS tracking devices 22 Straighten out 23 Most succulent 29 Pop 30 Bermuda, e.g. 31 Substandar­d marks 32 Active Sicilian volcano 33 Back of a boat 36 Road bends 38 They might fall from a roof after rain 39 Happiness, plus 40 Tougher 42 Rows 43 Sleeping furniture, etc 46 Above 47 Big name in latenight 48 Has __ __ with, (connection to) 49 So-so grades 52 Burundian’s neighbor 59 Boldness 62 Joint with a cap 68 Coin whose one side depicts a continent 69 Blyton, popular children’s writer 70 .00001 newton 71 Deprivatio­n 72 Just gets by (with ‘’out’’) 73 Certain antidotes 74 ___ Martin (cognac) 75 Great Lake 76 Explosives

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