Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Critical measuremen­ts in “Apollo 13”

5 When tripled, “yadda”: Abbr.

8 They may be wrapped at restaurant­s

13 China neighbor

14 Common pace for a slugger

16 “__ you special”

17 In a big stack

19 Assessor’s decision

20 Kind

21 Car wash option

22 Serious reading?

24 B-complex

vitamin

26 Old fad items packed in boxes with breathing holes

27 Conclude with

28 Achieves

29 New job requiremen­t, perhaps

30 “That makes sense”

33 Convertibl­e’s spot

34 Help for ones

seeing stars?

36 Macabre rock genre

38 Where odds are

posted: Abbr.

41 Modern capture?

43 Negri of silents 45 Starter starter?

46 “Nattering

nabobs” veep

48 Track runners

50 Many a head shop garment

51 Don’t forget about

52 Have in hand

53 Reddit VIP

54 One you usually don’t want to meet

55 Makeshift branch

hanger

58 “Hello” balladeer

59 Miss a syllable or

two, say

60 Formerly

61 Rich veins

62 Medium skill

63 Invader from

below

DOWN

1 __ skiing

2 Sending out

3 Round fabric pattern element

4 Compass dir.

5 Hunt in “Mission: Impossible” films

6 Brand with a leporine mascot

7 Tooth not examined by a dentist

8 Solid, in a request

9 Speaker

10 Fastened anew, as a corset 11 Sandwich component?

12 “Boss of the Plains” apparel brand

15 Golfing groups

18 Gradually goes down

23 “Come on in!”

25 Whispered sweet nothings

26 They take things the wrong way

28 Smallest Battleship pieces

31 Connected with

32 Bottom-line positives

35 Looie’s underling

37 Metaphor for a potential crisis

38 Best-case

39 “The Wizard of Oz” plot twist— literally

40 Denied access, on social media

42 First artist whose first six albums debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200

44 Genetic variant

47 Squeezed (in)

49 Casting array

50 Annoying sort

52 Numbered work

56 __ Miss

57 “I. Am.

Speechless.”

 ?? By Andrew J. Ries ?? 7/14/18
By Andrew J. Ries 7/14/18

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