Times Colonist

DIAGRAMLES­S, 21 X 21

- By Myles Mellor

ACROSS

1 Emollient 5 Socket insert 9 Soggy lump 13 60% of the population site 14 Very unusual 15 Buddhist monk 16 Steady date 17 As a result, in Latin 18 Indian nanny 19 It’s a long story 20 Hightailed it 21 Fender blemish 22 Mozart’s “Il mio tesoro,” e.g. 24 Opposite of entry 26 Wrap 31 Disoriente­d 32 Ludicrous comments 33 Monster 34 Cereal 35 Blanched 36 Can of worms? 37 Andy’s pal, on old radio 39 Rugs from Sweden 40 Scraps for Rover 41 Precipitat­ion type 43 Supermarke­t-line unit 44 ___ pie 46 Kind of rug 47 Crime 48 Shock 52 Location 55 Dublin’s home 58 Profess 59 Not bare 60 Little sip 61 Gift bearers of Christmas lore 62 In a bad way 63 What trees’ rings reveal 64 Botch 66 Often 68 French Sudan, once 69 Crawl, perhaps 71 Straddling 73 Deprivatio­n 77 Hairy humanoid 78 “Star Trek” speed 79 Look up and down 80 Fruit drink prefix 81 Footnote abbr. 82 Without ice 83 Roll call call 84 Proofreadi­ng symbol 85 Fixes a hem

DOWN

1 Crib dweller 2 Not docked 3 Misleader 4 Hawaiian tourist attraction 5 Relating to times before recorded history 6 Cattle-catching rope 7 Motivate 8 Hollow rock 9 Iris’ cousin 10 Gifts for newborns 11 Land on the Strait of Hormuz 12 Money from Thailand 23 Ramble 25 Encephalog­ram 27 Nonpaying rail rider 28 Thickener 29 Court doc 30 “___ go!” 35 First showing of a film 38 Housed 42 Subway 45 Fruit not meant to be cooked 48 Doorpost 49 Famous office 50 Brand of building block 51 Donald Duck’s nephews, e.g. 52 Turkish saber 53 Give light to 54 Gentle powder 56 Metis patriot 57 Fifth Greek letters 63 Making no value judgments 65 Engage in trash talk, with “out” 67 Hemmed and ____ 70 “The Way We ___” 72 Where to see Warhol in London 74 Convex/concave molding 75 Tasty cabbage 76 Soap sites

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