Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 1960s presidenti­al monogram 4 Gremlins and Pacers 8 Lands’ End rival 14 World Cup cry 15 Naked 16 Cross-referencin­g

phrase 17 Potato __:

61-Across dish 19 Items in a 59-Across lit for 61-Across 20 Novelist Ferber 21 Key with four

sharps 23 Wife of Jacob 24 Fervor 25 Rebecca of “Risky

Business” 27 Relaxed condition 29 “¿__ pasa?” 32 One lacking

manners 34 Cowboy boot

attachment­s 36 Pack in cartons 37 Traditiona­l 61-Across surprise, aptly boxed, and spelled with the only four letters of the alphabet that don’t appear elsewhere in this grid 38 Range dividing

Europe and Asia 39 “You gotta be kidding” 40 Rx items 41 Coffee server 42 Long-finned tunas 49 Nash priest, not beast 50 Roughly 54 Make __ dash for 57 Expired 58 Contented sounds 59 61-Across centerpiec­e 61 Two-millenniao­ld tradition that begins at sunset tonight 63 Football rushing plays 64 Greek love god 65 December 24, e.g. 66 Figured (out) 67 Suffix with ransom 68 Org. with narcs

DOWN

1 Pop icon Jennifer 2 Razor insert 3 Barbara Bush’s

twin sister 4 Legal org. 5 Manage

somehow 6 Sweet liqueurs 7 Bagel seed 8 Finds out 9 Actor Cariou 10 In a shoddy way 11 She, in Paree 12 On an ocean liner 13 Quick snack 16 Music for a film 18 Hardhearte­d 22 Actor Voight 26 Take for granted 28 Annie, notably 29 Campus hangout 30 Addresses beginning with “http://” 31 Letter before tee 32 Dutch South African 33 Plow-pulling team 35 Washing machine cycle 36 Mormon sch. 43 University founder Stanford 44 Malaise, with “the” 45 Swiss peak 46 Kidney-shaped nut 47 1998 Masters champ Mark 48 Philadelph­ia suburb 49 Smells 51 Gathered leaves 52 Trim whiskers 53 Actor Milo 54 Home of Iowa State 55 Diner handout 56 Added stipulatio­ns 60 Regret 62 “__ as directed”

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