DIAGRAMLESS, 21x21

ACROSS

1 Credit alternative 5 Etiquette authority 9 Not slouching 14 Tahoe, for one

15 Ice house

17 San Francisco Bay’s __ Buena island

18 L.A. Dodgers great Hershiser

19 Long time

20 “I’m hunting wabbits”

speaker

21 Site for ratings 22 China and India divider 23 Fruits

24 Sanction

29 Genus of plants used in

ornamental gardens 33 Make fit

34 Comforts

35 He played opposite

Burton in “Becket” 36 Hint

37 Snuggle

38 Showy flower 39 Musical selection 45 Dilly-__

46 Sci-fi extra

47 Hearten

48 Tax assessors, in a way 50 A bird that walks in

water

55 Corn type

61 Soul

62 Some spuds

63 Varnish ingredient 64 Most juicy

65 Tour de France entrant 68 Soft-shell clam 69 Coastline

72 “Black ___” 1987 detective thriller with Dennis Hopper 75 Cause for a lawsuit 78 Religious leader in Islam 79 Japanese taste type 80 Famed lab assistant 81 Rental car company 82 Italian city 83 Allocate, with “out” 84 Trifler

85 Minor damage 86 Suffix with consist

DOWN

1 Surfeit

2 Swiss river 3 Halloween costume 4 Supportive spouse 5 Elton John’s medium 6 “S” shaped molding 7 Unappetizing food 8 Musical sound related 9 Lens

10 Signer off on a shipment 11 Humorist Bombeck 12 “Good buddy” 13 Sailors

16 Sonja Henie’s birthplace

25 Life summaries 26 Many times 27 Somersault

28 Conservation color 30 Test

31 Wet behind the ___ 32 Aspiring atty.’s exam 40 Cow part 41 Actress Gibbs 42 Swell up

43 Upper echelon 44 Cup with many holes? 49 Dust ruffle 50 Geneva Convention violation

51 Is smart about, with has 52 Computer insert 53 Expressionist Nolde 54 Indian princess 56 Falco of “The Sopranos” 57 Spanish finger food 58 Unnamed ones

59 Fall behind in a race 60 Female hormone 66 Was dizzy

67 Coy

68 Child’s playground toy 69 Card game for three 70 Prop at a Christmas pageant 71 Beauty products provider

73 “The Persistence of Memory” artist 74 Sultanate on the Gulf 76 Army training group, for short

77 Part of a low poker straight