DIAGRAMLESS, 21x21

ACROSS

1 It’ll grow on you 5 Nevada city

6 Hands, in slang 11 Awfully long time 12 Allergy season sound 13 Narrow ridges

15 Atoll description 16 Crown

17 December 25th VIP 22 Little, e.g.

23 “__ it!” (“Amen!”) 24 Fleece

28 Desires

29 Celeb

30 Costa ___

31 A fiddler and a pianist 33 Vectra maker 34 “Croquetas, tortillitas”,

etc.

38 Angler’s bait, perhaps 43 “Sport” vehicles 44 Accustom

45 Numero uno 46 Martinique et

Guadeloupe

47 Other in French 49 Caddie’s bagful 50 Ocean hazard 54 Analyze, grammatically 55 Batman nemesis, __

Strange

56 Pilfer

60 “Thanks ___!”

61 “___ And Stitch” 62 Tach readings, abbr. 66 Crew members

67 Give off

68 Great Lake 69 Pint-sized volume 75 Air

76 Duck

77 Long legged, crustacean eating birds 79 Opera writer

80 A load 81 Surrealist who painted “Forest and Dove” 82 Little box

83 Home of a ‘69 “miracle”

DOWN

1 Cheer

2 Casbah locale

3 Big furniture retailer 4 Valentine’s Day gifts, often

6 Artist Chagall 7 Small nation NATO member, abbr. 8 “___-Team”

9 Good source of protein 10 Protein beans

13 Fix, in a way 14 Cassette contents 18 Clubs: Abbr.

19 Bank offering

20 Aid to skiers 21 Designed for flight, prefix

24 Boast

25 Certain surgery, for short

26 “Happy Birthday” writer, perhaps

27 Oil source 32 “Comprende?” 34 Friend of Shylock 35 Really enjoyed 36 Pasta topper 37 Nolan Ryan, notably 39 “Ring My Bell” singer Ward

40 Crown wearer 41 Balsam and baobab 42 “Siddhartha” author 48 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” extra 50 “Come again?” 51 Kind of skirt 52 Borodin’s “Prince ___” 53 Doesn’t keep

54 Shot

57 “Why should ___ you?” 58 Arm or leg, e.g. 59 Award coveted in “Mad Men” 62 General’s bodyguard 63 Napoleon opponent 64 Coal site 65 Attends 69 Asphalt

70 “Your turn”

71 Ears at the vegetable stand

72 Joshes 73 Computer menu option 74 Toys with tails

78 Not just one