Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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1 Buccaneers’ home 6 Silly bird 11 Revolting word? 14 Plane read 15 Large grouping 16 Pen user 17 Miss America runner-up? 19 Part of a royal flush 20 Anastasia __, “Fifty Shades of Grey” character 21 Emergency signal 22 Frosted flakes 23 Called up 25 “Unsafe at Any Speed” author 27 Put in order 30 Fab alternativ­e 32 Special Forces trademarks 35 Legendary horse tale setting 36 Passage for the birds? 38 Gold, in Granada 39 “My bad” 41 Wartime prez 42 Little Jack Horner’s dream? 44 Proofreadi­ng mark 45 Overwhelm 46 Biological building block 48 Flight-related

prefix 49 Emerged 51 Carrier that doesn’t fly on the Sabbath 53 Order with tzatziki sauce 55 Some Samsung TVs 57 “Yay, me!” 61 Fishing __ 62 Emulating the writing style of “The Quiet American”? 64 Weaken, perhaps 65 Jack’s links rival 66 Start a correction process 67 Secret competitor 68 Bounded 69 Ice cream purchases

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1 Hardy heroine 2 Minimally 3 Lawn disruption 4 “The parent of revolution and crime”: Aristotle 5 Cub Scout leader 6 Yak 7 Miner matters 8 DuPont acrylic 9 Mexican buffet feature 10 Contact’s spot 11 “Tell me about it” 12 Nickname for late-night host O’Brien 13 Didn’t just think 18 Russo of “The Intern” 22 Feudal grunt 24 Comprehend 26 Shoot down 27 Ripped off 28 Longtime Utah senator Hatch 29 Area for urban growth 31 Get around 33 Potato, e.g. 34 Look after 37 Goddess of peace 39 Red cup brand 40 Like some oil rigs 43 Mark’s successor 44 “Amadeus” narrator 47 Eccentric Sacha Baron Cohen persona 50 Twin Cities suburb that hosted the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open 52 Madison Ave. agent 53 Snatch 54 Discipline with poses 56 Cut 58 Big man on campus 59 Caltech, e.g.: Abbr. 60 Golf tournament souvenirs 62 Country miss 63 Comprehend

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