Times Colonist

DIAGRAMLES­S, 21 X 21

- By Myles Mellor

ACROSS

1 Social skill

5 Sacred beetle for the ancient

Egyptians

11 Showy display

13 Laughter sound

14 Marquand sleuth

15 Nastier

16 Phone bug

17 Aid for GM drivers

18 Kramer of “One Tree Hill” on TV

19 Enlivens, with ‘’up’’

22 An MIT grad, perhaps

23 Type of shift

25 Meat and cheese store

26 It means nothing to the French

27 High-minded

34 Paris airport

35 African antelopes and Chevys 37 Angelina, in ‘’Shark Tale’’

38 BBQ restaurant offering

40 ___ Romeo

41 Aide: Abbr.

42 J.F.K. info

43 Spoils

46 Cans

49 Film genre

51 Batman nemesis, __ Strange

52 Song book

53 Make ___ for it

54 Damsel ___ ___

59 Bring in the sheaves

60 ____ chamber

61 Baseball’s Tony or Alejandro

62 It’s south of Georgia

63 Some floor votes

65 Gare du ___ (Paris depot)

66 Accident 71 Select

75 Let a breath out

76 Tie

77 Hither

78 Oppose

79 African fly

80 “Blues From the Rainforest” musician Saunders

DOWN

1 Homes for your pet snakes

2 Zenith

3 Coagulate

4 Goodbye from a Brit.

5 Jerk

6 Normandy battlefiel­d

7 Cries of surprise

8 Harangue

9 Tons

10 Blue Angel maneuver 12 Pinnacle

14 Mix

16 Diminished

18 “Star Wars” warrior

20 Two (with “a”) ___ ___

21 McCartney of fashion

24 Celtic singer

28 Kudrow and Bonet

29 Little devils

30 Springs

31 Pucker-inducing

32 “Infant” ending

33 Worries

36 Gym exercise (2 words)

39 Operatic villains, often

40 Warn

43 Believed

44 One set against

45 Manipulate­s 46 Soup dish of French origin

47 Chameleon-like creature

48 It’s where a customer doesn’t pay

the bill

50 Camera sweep

51 Plucked instrument

55 Drops from above

56 Implant

57 The shortest Beatle

58 Fire off

64 Some die rolls

67 “Game of Thrones” character

68 Antlered deer

69 Beers

70 Paris father

71 DVD player forerunner

72 Utah city

73 Sticky stuff

74 Continuall­y

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