DIAGRAMLESS, 21x21

ACROSS

1 Ewe’s little one 5 Beatle album 9 Hodgepodge 10 Object of devotion 11 Lion noise

12 Salad ingredient 17 Heroine for Massenet

and Puccini

18 Work the room

19 Pie topping

22 “Keep dreaming!” 23 West Coast sch. 24 Modulation

25 Mary in the

White House 26 Grinding mineral 28 Further

29 Twisted

33 Fitzgerald and others 38 Early bird gets it 42 Hitchhiker’s quest 43 Relaxed

44 Its coat is 100

percent wool

46 “The West Wing”

Emmy winner Alan 47 Wood shaper 48 Communiqué segue 49 Takes the rind off 51 Aquatic-fun lover 52 It means nothing to

the French

53 Squirrel nest 54 Possessive pronoun 55 Kisses, possibly 56 Defaulter’s

comeuppance 60 Drivel

64 Steamed

65 Feed a kitty

66 “Not yet final,” legally 67 Evening, informally 68 Caviar source

72 Zero

77 Fool (around)

78 Band

79 N.Y.U. or B.Y.U., abbr. 80 Scowl

81 Center’s pass 82 Colonial insects 83 Snarky laughs

DOWN

1

Former navigational system

2 Lengthwise

3 Cat sound

4 Taken

5 Bar sounds

6 Cabinet dept. 7 Narrow arm of water 8 Extremely desirable 13 Ditched a castle 14 Cherished

15 Web mag

16 Send on

17 They are bad for

plants when powdery 19 Silent

20 Biol. branch

21 X-ray units 27 Submarine color, for

the Beatles 29 Envelop

30 Got rid of the squeak 31 Milk dispenser 32 “Greasy” of football

fame

34 Reluctant

35 Kind of ticket 36 Fireplace residue 37 Fume

39 Scarlett of Tara 40 Shellac ingredient 41 Distributed

45 What every child

wants

50 R.N.’s device

55 John of “Fawlty

Towers”

57 Oliver Perry victory

site

58 Chilean mint product 59 Valhalla’s chief

resident

61 Cooktop

62 Burger topper 63 Four Holy Roman

emperors

68 “Pipe down!” 69 1,000 kilograms 70 Biblical husband of

Bathsheba

71 Replies to an

invitation, briefly 73 Mrs. Peel of

“The Avengers” 74 Black, in verse 75 Excess supply 76 Horse commands