DIAGRAMLESS, 21x21

ACROSS

1 They’re succulent in the desert

6 Red starter

11 About-face

12 Rocks of volcanic origin

14 Hoist again, as a sail

15 Endangered butterfly

16 Witch’s place

17 On the line

18 Jane Austen novel

22 “That’s disgusting!”

23 Sweetie

24 Start of an apology

25 Kind of salad

29 Fan favorite

30 South American mammal

33 U2’s land, to its natives

34 Country dweller 36 Naval investigation show

37 Golden eagle, e.g.

39 Big name in elevators

40 Verve

41 Sigma’s successor

42 On ___ ___ with

45 Some N.C.O.’s

48 Conflicting

50 Needle case

51 Cornmeal mush

52 Coleridge creation

53 Putting in order

57 European apple

58 Weight measurement

59 Other side

60 Folklore monster

61 Hold title to

62 ‘’. . . and ___ the twain

shall meet’’

63 Layered dish

68 Arctic dwellers

73 In a nimble manner

74 Perceived by ear

75 Sycophants

76 American Expressionist painter

77 Big name in Syrian politics

78 Sharpened

DOWN

1 Fix

2 Rate ___ __ (be perfect)

3 Bean ___ (tofu)

4 Crosby, Stills and Nash, e.g.

5 Recipe part 6 Vacationers’ stops

7 Sans ice

8 Meeting places in Rome

9 Crowd

10 Tennis great, Arthur

12 Graphics machine

13 Batman city

19 Art patron in the Renaissance

20 Relatives of Tahitians

21 City on the Rhone

22 Kill Bill star, Thurman

25 R and B and rap star

26 Showbiz twin MaryKate or Ashley

27 Spill the beans

28 Mackerel-like fish

31 After, to the French

32 Give hands out

35 “The Sound of Music” name

38 Company that discovered nylon

39 Church instrument

42 Economic bloc headquartered in Indonesia

43 Beer order

44 Poker play

45 Flunky

46 “C’est la ___”

47 Pop singer Justin

49 It’s found in sticks

50 Big name in printers

54 Poker player’s regret

words 55 ‘Fuhgeddaboudit!’

56 Lee, e.g.: Abbr.

63 Refrain syllables

64 “What ___ ___ !” (lot

of fun in the 60s)

65 Sets (on)

66 ___-Seltzer

67 Commanded to go right

69 “____ Lang Syne”

70 Bluenose

71 Window glass

72 Santa’s conveyance