DIAGRAMLESS, 21x21

ACROSS

1 Singer James or Jones 5 Pepper’s partner 9 Leave one’s mark on 13 Biblical pronoun 14 Taking the place (of) 16 Price reduction

17 Like the Gobi 18 Wanter

19 W.B.A. calls 20 Ripsnorter

21 Big name in small planes 22 Back-and-forth curve 23 Get moving

27 Old students 31 Three-layer snacks 32 Peter or Paul’s title 33 Rain and snow clouds 34 Birds that imitate 35 Former name for

Ukraine’s capital 36 Fence

37 Go over

43 Lessen, as fears

44 Cut out

45 Spud

46 You better

48 “Take ___ train’’ 52 Vigorous pull 56 Russian range 57 Supreme Court Justice

Kagan

59 Posts

60 Couch

61 Dangerous fish 64 Recorded 65 BBC rival

66 Dress

69 Mid-calf skirt

73 Lost fish in film 75 Algonquian tribe 76 Skunk’s defense 77 Cogwheel

78 Is frugal

79 Small bay

80 Vogue editor Wintour 81 Tropical cuckoos 82 Shade makers

DOWN

1 Bibliographical abbr. 2 By way of, briefly 3 Hard work

4 Birders’ magazine 5 Show of contempt 6 Buds

7 Covers

8 ‘’Lovergirl’’ singer Marie 9 Eastern time, abbr. 10 Drop off

11 Storage places 12 Spandau’s final

resident

14 Sharp

15 River that empties into

the Caspian

24 The Phantom of the

Opera

25 Teamster’s rig 26 Soliloquy start 28 Letters at

Camp Lejeune 29 Deli jarful 30 Chihuahua child 38 Knife brand 39 Unmistakable 40 Inspire ecstasy in 41 Stand for Steen 42 Colorists

47 Shooting term for favoring one eye rather than the other 48 Casey Jones, e.g. 49 Body cover

50 2004 title role for

Anne Hathaway

51 Org.

53 Dismounted a horse 54 Leningrad’s river

55 Hill crest

56 Large, unspecified

number

58 Perennial plant of the buttercup family with colorful flowers 62 Fashion lines

63 Maria’s friend in ‘’West

Side Story’’ 64 Newspaper section 65 Actress Swenson

67 “I can see clearly now,

the ___ is gone” 68 Prefix with potent 70 Object of devotion 71 Judgement day

72 Tees off

74 “... blessing ___ curse?”