DIAGRAMLESS, 21x21

ACROSS

1 Pool ball type 7 Qualified voter 14 Continues 15 Indian rice dish 16 Cultivated

17 Sea shores

18 Be still, at sea

19 Slug liquid 20 Hecklers

21 ___ the kill 22 Natives of Riga 23 China-related prefix 24 Overseas markets 27 Spectrum 31 Government group 32 Sturdy work boot 34 Donny’s sister

35 Puts in order 36 Have ___ (bathe) 37 Potter’s creation 41 Address for a monarch 42 Weasels

44 Kind of sch.

45 Hard to nail down 48 “The King” in pop 50 Deflects

51 Strong

52 Oscar winner O’Brien 53 Harsh

54 “He’s ___ nowhere man...” 55 Starting points 56 Pair of oxen 59 Consumer protector 60 Study of the past (abbr.)

61 Dieters choice 62 Fools 64 Command to the band 65 Sign-making device 68 Hungarian, Finnish and Estonian 70 Transport to Oz 71 Swiss city on the Rhone

72 Star in Scorpius 73 Look up to

DOWN

1 Military rank, abbr. 2 Grooming equipment 3 Puts back on eBay 4 Specks in the sea 5 Verse artists

6 It means “within” 7 Fade 8 Deception 9 Extended periods 10 Tour de France entrant 11 Baba ghanoush ingredient

12 Kind of band 13 Meet, as expectations 20 UN has this role 22 Military cord

24 Ole Miss rival 25 Two-time U.S. Open champ

26 Focus (on) 27 Barbarians 28 Former Mets outfielder Tommie 29 “Buddenbrooks” author 30 No sugar added 32 Switzerland’s capital 33 Assess

35 Symbols of hardness 37 Hammer in 38 Everywhere 39 Collections of skits 40 Migrator

42 Register

43 Drops from the sky 46 Lose color

47 “Joy of Cooking” author Rombauer

49 Dirty Dancing hit “___ Like the Wind” 53 Tranquilizer

54 Insect feeler

55 Israeli region 56 Cascade Range peak 57 Detroit N.B.A. player 58 Maintain one’s position 59 Swimming in water 61 Horse fathers 63 Disfigure

64 Prodigious

66 Suffix with chlor67 ___ Gatos, CA 69 Eccentric wheel