Houston Chronicle Sunday

SUNDAY CROSSWORD: KARAOKE BARS

- By Matthew Stock /Edited By Will Shortz

ACROSS

1 Prayer, e.g.

7 Market index, for short

13 And so on and so forth

19 Actor Ray of “Field of Dreams”

20 Like a certain complex

22 Relative of the mambo

23 High winds

24 Space bars? [Frank Sinatra]

26 Healthful dessert options 28 Overhauled, in a way

29 “____ making a list ... ”

30 Offering in china ... or from China

31 “Top Chef” chef ____ Hall 32 Geographic­al name that comes from the Sioux for “sleepy ones”

35 First prize at the Juegos Olímpicos 36 Sink holes

40 Biting

42 Bird whose males incubate the eggs 44 Mathematic­al propositio­n

47 Wet bars? [Gene Kelly]

51 Things many people lose as they grow older

53 Big Five studio of Hollywood’s Golden Age

54 “Thus ... ”

55 St. Louis symbol

56 Strongly endorse 58 Hot place to chill 59 ____ Adlon,

Emmy winner for “King of the Hill” 61 Papal name last taken in 1939 63 Smallest state in India

64 Options for outdoor wedding receptions

67 Like some bread and cereal

68 Director Lee

69 Prison bars?

[Elvis Presley] 73 Bamboozled

74 Weight right here!

76 ____ Austin,

Biden defense secretary 77 Misidentif­y something, e.g.

78 For the lady

79 Center of a court 81 They’re often parked in parks 82 Relevant

84 Excited cry after scratching a lottery ticket

85 Move a cursor (over)

88 Pride : lions :: ____ : dolphins

89 Hip

92 Cash bars? [Abba] 96 “Same here”

97 “I mean ... ”

98 What goes right to

the bottom?

99 Got around

101 “Hoo-boy!”

102 Gist

104 Last option in a list,

maybe

107 “That feels goo-ooood!”

109 Practice

110 Brainy?

112 A+ earner

116 Singles bars?

[Robyn]

120 First House speaker

from California

122 Not going

anywhere

123 Was snoopy

124 Made square

125 Japanese mat

126 “We got

permission!”

127 Makes insulting

jokes about

DOWN

1 Sitcom extraterre­strial 2 Did a little lifting 3 Candy bars? [Def Leppard]

4 “You, too?!” 5 Wiped out

6 Stood the test of time

7 Mapo ____ (spicy Sichuan dish)

8 A leg up 9 Häagen-Dazs competitor 10 Low-wattage

11 Where trills provide thrills 12 Something that’s well-kept? 13 Comeback

14 It’s turned, in a phrase

15 It’s a relief!

16 Prefix with conscious

17 Poetic shortening 18 Food-pantry donation

21 Broad valley

25 Large expanses 27 2006 film with the tagline “Keep it wheel”

29 Hindu festival of colors 31 Most-watched TV show of

2002-05

33 Gold bars? [Queen] 34 “Do you understand me?”

37 Disappoint­ing court result

38 Black

39 Habitat for Humanity is one, for short

41 Sister restaurant of Applebee’s

43 Lets go of

45 Gaping holes 46 Weizenbock or Berliner Weisse 48 Scruffs

49 Ridiculous

50 Seventh avatar of Vishnu

52 It’s a long story 57 Muddy

58 Beefcakes 60 Thumbs-up

61 Solving crosswords, e.g.

62 Insect named for the way it moves, not for its length

65 Got hot on Twitter, say

66 Kind

69 ____ Psaki,

Biden press secretary 70 Gymnastics apparatus

71 Oral equivalent of a facepalm

72 Native American tribe of Montana 75 Single

78 Box score column 80 Noted 1815 comedy of manners

82 Actress Chaplin 83 Flag carrier to Karachi and Islamabad 86 Traditiona­l Chinese drink

87 Anointment 88 Perspectiv­e, in brief

90 “No more for me, thank you”

91 Minute

93 Element 39

94 Big bleu expanse 95 Alumni grouping 100 Stylish

103 World capital that’s home to Kotoka Internatio­nal Airport

105 World capital that’s home to Noi Bai Internatio­nal Airport

106 Horror film locale, in brief

108 Egg: Sp.

111 2016 No. 1 album for Rihanna

112 Pop

113 Really thin type 114 ____ Domini

115 “I beg of you,” e.g. 116 Bit of Morse code 117 Actress de Armas 118 D.C. pro

119 “Of course!”

121 They’re checked at check-ins

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