Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Cuts (off) 5 Unwelcome stocking stuffer 9 Express gratitude to 14 Monogram ltr. 15 Starting poker pot

contributi­on 16 Pocahontas’

husband John 17 Corp. assistant 18 “Lovely” meter maid in a Beatles song 19 Volunteer’s offer 20 “Rest those weary

feet” 23 Tarzan actor Ron 24 Whole bunch 25 Spanish beaches 29 Div. the Phillies

play in 31 Most of a mortgage payment, usually 33 Big oaf 34 Sheriff Taylor’s TV son 35 __ Fáil: Irish coronation stone 36 “Why not try the recliner?” 41 She raised Cain 42 “The Scarlet Letter” letter 43 Colorful Mattel card game 44 Wedded couples 47 Had heard about 50 Deep down 51 Yellowfin tuna 52 Boston skyscraper, with “the” 53 “Don’t just stand there” 57 Johnny with the catchphras­e “Come on down!” 60 “Out of Africa” author Dinesen 61 Toaster waffle choice 62 Air rifle 63 Prefix with meter 64 1969-’74 Israeli prime minister 65 Word-guessing game 66 Table scraps 67 Taxpayer IDs

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1 “__, my children, and you shall hear ... ”: Longfellow 2 Common soccer score 3 They’re fussy about food 4 Eyelid sore 5 Used auto area 6 Veggie that may cause tears 7 “__ girl!”: “Way to go!” 8 Starring role 9 Wee bit 10 To what length 11 Late, great boxer 12 Org. with Jaguars and Panthers 13 Kenan’s Nickelodeo­n pal 21 On the briny 22 Made a choice 26 Book for finding local businesses 27 Where billions live 28 Lay’s chipsin-a-can brand 30 Police dept. alert 31 Apple tablets 32 1492 ship 34 Gave the green light 36 Tractor-trailer 37 Lendl of tennis 38 Fish basket 39 Hard to decipher, as some ancient inscriptio­ns 40 L.A.-to-N.Y. dir. 45 Remove roughly, as a magazine page 46 “Couldn’t tell ya” 47 Casual pants 48 Starting point 49 Uproars 51 Not together 54 Slimming surgery, for short 55 Techie’s client 56 Skirt bottoms 57 Transitive vb. follower 58 Wall St. takeover 59 Mil. three-striper

 ??  ?? By Nancy Salomon ©2016 Tribune Content Agency 8/9/16
By Nancy Salomon ©2016 Tribune Content Agency 8/9/16

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