Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Alan Olschwang

ACROSS

1 Without delay 11 Eleanor Roosevelt’s real first name 15 Controlled 16 1967 self-titled

folk album 17 Uncomplica­ted 18 Abruzzi town in a

Longfellow poem 19 British prime minister during two millennia 20 Hot skillet sound 21 Suits 22 Leaves alone 24 Somme time 26 Somme co. 27 What may be seen before long 28 It, in Italy 31 Supper, say 33 “Way to go!” 35 Language that gave us “galore” 36 1924 novel set during the British Raj 40 Bit of mischief 41 Perfectly 42 Attack from above 44 Con __: briskly, on scores 45 Diner owner __ Lee on “2 Broke Girls” 48 Metal precioso 49 Surfing need, briefly 51 Even 53 Proper 55 Chocolate __ 58 Commercial word after “open,” perhaps 59 Beneficial berry 60 Occurred 62 Cloud __ 63 Beneath 64 Challenge for srs. 65 It may be spontaneou­s

DOWN

1 Amp setting 2 Call out 3 Imagine 4 Big Macks 5 Palate cleansers 6 Yeats’ yet 7 Flat-screen predecesso­rs 8 Harem rooms 9 Ancient mariners 10 Letters after Sen. Schumer’s name 11 Bon Ami competitor 12 Greeting carrier 13 Jonquil and daffodil 14 Licorice-flavored brew 21 Extra-wide spec 23 Willing subjects? 25 Team builders 29 Pudding starch 30 Crossing the keel 32 One of the Ivies 33 Silly question starter? 34 Anne Frank’s father 36 They were in it but didn’t win it 37 Crime author Cornwell 38 Brazen 39 Mohawk’s confederac­y 43 One may be thrown in anger 45 1962 John Wayne film set in Africa 46 Blueblood, informally 47 Wrestling hold 50 Pizza Hut’s Texas headquarte­rs 52 Prepare for a transplant 54 Gets moving 56 Band letters 57 “Peaky Blinders” network, with “the” 60 Mil. VIP 61 It replaced “Court” in a TV channel name

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