Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Boxing contest 6 Covered with

frosting

10 Morticia Addams,

to Gomez

14 Beef recall cause 15 __ Scotia

16 “Sounds good” 17 Pulsate

18 Long, hard trip 19 Curly salon job 20 Olive Garden, e.g. 23 Tokyo, formerly 24 USN NCO 25 Enlightene­d cry 26 HBO rival, briefly 27 Cologne squirts 32 Winning big 35 “Did __ something wrong?” 36 Suspicious (of ) 37 Pelican State sch. 38 Strings at luaus 39 Adam’s mate 40 Breakfast cereal with dried grapes 44 “Ask Ann Landers” sister column 46 Feel poorly 47 Mex. neighbor 48 Former JFK lander 49 Govt.-issued aid 52 Surprised by a shower ... and a hint involving certain outer letters of 20-, 32and 40-Across 58 Gorbachev’s land: Abbr. 59 “What a great __!” 60 No longer squeaking 61 Mets’ old stadium 62 Expected result 63 Wind instrument commonly played horizontal­ly 64 Sassy

65 Yucky stuff

66 UPS competitor

DOWN

1 39.37 inches, in Liverpool

2 Felt the pain 3 Trunk of the body 4 Solidify

5 Small charcoal grill 6 “101” course title word 7 Former “Iron Chef America” chef Cat __

8 Tied, scorewise 9 ’60s TV show whose title means “doctor” in Swahili 10 Astaire headwear 11 Swedish retailer 12 Delhi dress 13 Choir number 21 “... wish __ a star” 22 Spot for stubble 26 Wild blue yonder 27 Spacek of “Bloodline” 28 Spitting sound 29 Viral concern at the Rio Olympics 30 Garden of __ 31 Maritime emergency letters 32 Enthusiast­ic review 33 Room size calculatio­n 34 Smooth-talking 36 Abandon bachelorho­od 38 Website ID 40 Foolhardy 41 Letting up 42 Bandmate of Crosby and Stills 43 Attempt “more than one can chew,” in an idiom 45 Nickelodeo­n toon tot 48 “Forever” post office purchase 49 José’s “L’chaim!” 50 Seven, in Spain 51 Handy list in the back 52 Zodiac transition point 53 Tennis legend Arthur

54 Icon tapper 55 Talent show for 17 seasons, briefly 56 Fictional sleuth Wolfe

57 Stir to anger

 ?? By Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 5/27/19 ??
By Bruce Venzke and Gail Grabowski ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 5/27/19

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