PUZZLES DIAGRAMLESS, 21x21

ACROSS

1 Love in Spanish

5 MRI, for one

9 Lead

10 “The Haj” author 11 Eyeglasses pair 12 Speech-mimicking bird 13 Admit a mistake, so to

speak

15 Attentive

16 U.S.N. rank, abbr. 18 Divert one’s attention 22 Shot of liquor

23 Big name in insurance 24 Appearance 25 Country rock singer

Ronstadt

26 Media mogul Ted 27 Word with ear or child 28 Extort

29 Lecturer

32 Corrode, 2 words 33 Shut up

34 Ponzi scheme, e.g. 38 “Remember The __” 39 Mooring sites 40 Abrupt

41 Like hen’s teeth

42 Soft brownish leather 43 To take away by force 44 Rises

47 ”Dynasty” actress 48 Certain dental repair 49 Steel girders

51 Slyly nasty, as a remark 52 Mary Poppins, e.g. 53 Protected from the sun 54 Irritated state 55 Halloween costume 57 Oceanic movement 58 Maja painter

59 Gwen Stefani’s group,

2 words

63 Breakfast, lunch or

dinner

64 Largest city in the

Bahamas

65 Body of an organism 66 Yellow shade 67 Smooth-tongued 68 Mark with a branding

iron

DOWN

1 Family reunion attendee,

maybe 2 Miscellaneous (abbr.) 3 Polish border river 4 Cover anew, as a plot 5 Poisonous shrubs 6 Underground vault

7 “__ Misbehavin’” 8 Government security

agency, abbr.

9 Fishing tackle and such 11 The Dark Knight star,

Heath

14 Serena of tennis 15 Doppler __

16 Clutch, 2 words 17 Dwell on

19 Creep around 20 Metric unit

21 Edward Scissorhand’s

actress, Winona 22 Family tree entry 24 Feliciano’s instrument 26 Nonsensical chorus, 2

words

28 Don

29 Descendant

30 Argue a case

31 Brings home

34 A butler, for example 35 Smooth

36 Orgs.

37 “Miracle” 1969 World

Series winners 39 Victimized, 2 words 40 10-12 year old 44 Chronological record 45 Lose traction 46 Academy attendee 48 Milo of “Ulysses” 49 Undisturbed, 2 words 50 Ring

53 First U.S. space station 55 “Me, too”, 3 words 56 Things you don’t do, 2

words

57 Lift, 2 words

58 Earth sci., abbr. 60 Fresh-water fish 61 Workplace safety org. 62 __ friendly

63 Chinese food additive,

perhaps