DIAGRAMLESS, 21 X 21
ACROSS
1 Houston baseballer
6 Braves first baseman, Matt
11 Shave
12 Allow it to remain as-is,
2 words
13 Cardiologist’s concern
14 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Combs 15 Spikes
16 Three-time Masters champ
17 Part of Nasdaq: Abbr.
21 Biblical verb ending
22 Heart-to-heart talk, 3 wordsFrench term
24 How you might refer to your car
affectionately
25 Aria singer, 2 words
26 Downton Abbey roles, 2 words 34 Picked up
35 “Heavens!”- 2 words
36 On ___ with- on the same level
as- 2 words
37 Thirst-inducing, like potato chips 38 Bona fide
39 Cubs all-time big hitter
40 Michener story, e.g.
41 Cornerstone abbr.
42 Ancient garden location
43 Hog enclosures
45 Hard-hitting sound
49 Oscar winner Paquin
50 ____ tag (Meta term)
51 Bluish green
52 Not taken in by
53 Concern for Keats
58 Salinger lass
59 Large diving bird
60 For the birds
61 Henry Ford invention, 2 words 65 Foreigner album, 2 words
69 Senate declaration
70 Perfect
71 Annual meeting, abbr.
72 “Saving Private ___”
73 Consume wholly, 2 words
75 One-time international airline, 2
words
77 Civil War nurse Barton
78 Overact
79 Toys with tails
80 Relaxer
81 Likely finalists
82 Leg joints
DOWN
1 Like an unused fireplace, e.g.
2 Put back a sword
3 Educator
4 Uncommon
5 Scraps after a meal
6 Cheers
7 Shacks,
2 words
8 Actress Meryl
9 Not quite spherical
10 Wanter
17 Clueless, 2 words
18 Having bristles
19 Initiation
20 Bookish, perhaps
23 Sounds of contentment
26 ITV UK detective
27 Up, in a way
28 Conception
29 60s rebel singer
30 Rose holders
31 Religion renouncers
32 Unpleasant quality
33 Identity of a business, 2 words
44 Willamette University city
45 “___ Stop the Rain?” (1970 hit)
46 Vietnam’s capital
47 ____ Martin
48 Calling device
53 “Politically Incorrect” host
54 “__ Breath You Take”: Police hit
55 Crown
56 Radioactive gas
57 M.I.T. grad, often
61 Guaranteed
62 Barely, 3 words
63 Beneficiary, of a kind
64 Complains
66 Smart __ (wise guys)
67 African maize
68 Beverly Hills home, typically
74 Make the grade
75 Look at
76 “___ for All Seasons”- 2 words