DIAGRAMLESS, 21 X 21

ACROSS 1 Fabric dyed for

hunting purposes 5 What beef and pork

are 9 Kind of column 10 Ready to go 12 Register 13 Picturesque 15 At the top 16 2010 NBA champs 18 Daunt 19 Jazz singer Carmen 20 Part of N.B. 21 Mount Everest

climber’s goal 22 Rate ___ (be

perfect) 23 Like the Empire

State Building 27 Lingerie in bed 33 Organized crime 35 Software system

containing ads 36 Peace branches 38 Little giggle 39 Scavenger kitty 41 Votes against 42 Miss Hawkins of Dogpatch 44 Soft drink 48 Discoverer of

X-rays 53 Describing our numeral system 55 Very seldom 56 Admire and respect 57 Meat slice 59 Sponge 63 Oolong, Earl Grey

e.g. 64 Ballyhoo 68 Fa followers 69 Spawning fish 70 Took ___ for the worse 72 Lowest deck of a

ship 73 Small, brown,

apple-like fruit 75 Needs fixing 76 Bridled 78 Deeds 79 Plant with showy

yellow flowers 80 Longed 81 Whiskey plants 82 Bridge action DOWN 1 Pigment 2 Parsley family plant 3 Foggy vapor 4 Fall mo. 5 Wks. and wks. 6 Bottom-of-letter

abbr. 7 Top performers 8 Petroleum carrier on

rails 9 Con 11 Earring set up

action 12 Part of Disney World 14 Studies 15 Annapolis inst. 17 Recognizes 23 Hollow 24 Jannings of “The Blue Angel” 25 Lagoon 26 Follows 27 More dapper 28 Chemical ending 29 No Doubt lead

singer Stefani 30 Response to a joke 31 Three spot card 32 They’re barely

passing 34 Gp. in charge of condominiums, perhaps 37 Rarer 40 Commotion 43 Execute 44 Director

Reiner 45 Creme-filled

cookie 46 Fluid rock 47 Not up yet 49 Align 50 “___ life!” 51 Some wings 52 Educator Bill 54 Outrage 58 Things to

follow 59 Deception 60 Estimator 61 Shakes 62 Prior 65 Hollered 66 Narratives 67 See 71 Tot watcher 72 Promises 74 “Get Shorty”

actress Russo 75 This established

payroll tax 77 Perp

prosecutors 78 Water source