Times Colonist

DIAGRAMLES­S, 21 X 21

- By Myles Mellor

ACROSS

1 Iron hook with a handle 5 Come clean, with up 9 Loud noise 10 Gas provider 11 Andean native 12 Baroque-orchestra instrument 13 High schooler, e.g. 14 Mindful 15 Barely speak 20 Elan 24 Dope 25 Put down 26 Disfigure 27 Open 28 “___ we are” Gloria Estefan 29 Fall (over) 30 Small Russian pancake 34 USAF asset 40 Prom conveyance 41 Join the gridlock! 42 Altar vestments 46 Endowed with wings 47 Inclined 48 Sandwich maker 49 Mass number 50 Welcome 51 Door to door rep 52 Spiderman’s office? 54 Important to set this right 55 Island vacation spot 58 Miles per hour, e.g. 61 Food, in slang 62 Its flag features a curved dagger 63 Move dizzily 64 A bad sign 65 Purchase alternativ­e 66 Leaf 68 American prefix 71 Alert to something odd 75 Big ape 76 Offensive 77 Post-WWII commerce agreement 78 Jumna river city 79 Further 80 Good earth

DOWN

1 “True ___” (John Wayne film) 2 “. . . in ___-horse open sleigh” 3 Go against 4 Former European capital? 5 Kind act 6 Brockovich who inspired a movie 7 Tartan wearer 8 Widowed 16 Hindu poet 17 Solitary time 18 Over yonder 19 “M*A*S*H” setting 20 A stroke of luck 21 Passing or slow 22 Gofer 23 Someone who’s looked up to 30 Unremarkab­le 31 Word with tiger or water 32 Islamic spiritual leader 33 Goddess of fate 35 Butterfly 36 60s fashions, for example 37 Legal document 38 Shoelace leader 39 Heated conflict 42 Sixth Jewish month 43 ____ Strauss 44 Voting group 45 Kind of wave 52 Russian monetary unit 53 Factual evidence 54 Finnish coin 55 Grimm bad guy 56 “Code” lead-in 57 Rainbow display 59 Shot, e.g. 60 1.3 ounce Asian weight 65 Game of chance 67 Garbage 68 Pond organism 69 Yearling horse 70 Monotonous routines 72 Company trademark 73 Mood 74 Glitz

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