Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Six-legged picnic invaders 5 Nasty film 9 Like a mad dog 14 Bossa __: dance 15 Really bugs 16 Fail to pronounce, as the “g” in an “-ing” word 17 *Cold one from a tap

19 Room in le chalet 20 Disdainful glance 21 “Something wrong?” 23 Hesitates 25 Economist Smith 26 Playground time at school

29 __ Beta Kappa 31 Call to the sled dogs

34 Like two righttrian­gle angles 35 Poker pot promises 36 __-Navy game: annual football rivalry

37 Road surface goo 38 *Nuclear restraint pact

41 Fabric flaw 42 Sun circlers 44 Dieter’s count 45 Make deliveries to large groups? 47 Bismarck’s st. 48 Whiskey sour whiskey 49 Game competitor 50 Flammable pile 52 Show shown over 54 Oft-framed college memento 57 Alan who played Snape 61 Fitness motto opening 62 To-do items to tick off ... and what the starts of the answers to starred clues comprise 64 Large Dallas suburb 65 “Have a __ day” 66 Yale students 67 Pursuer of snakelike fish 68 Ambulance staffers, for short 69 Hunk of beef DOWN

1 “No ifs, __ or buts” 2 Sushi seaweed 3 Prime-time spot 4 Sure thing

5 Old Greek prophets 6 Small stream 7 Luau strings 8 Car sticker no. 9 Fill in, as a lawn bare spot 10 Gulf of Mexico state

11 *“Ghostbuste­rs” co-star

12 Not working 13 Regard 18 Service with cups and saucers 22 Gorbachev’s wife 24 Helper during gym practice

26 Boca __, Florida 27 Online b’day wish 28 *Attractive­ness when viewed from the street, to a Realtor 30 Central airports 32 Whack, biblically 33 Bursting with energy

35 Dr. Watson exclamatio­n 39 Violinist Zimbalist 40 Frustrated searcher’s news 43 City panorama 46 Irritates

49 What shoppers compare 51 Copter blade 53 Standing upright 54 Put one over on 55 Site in shipwreck cartoons 56 Clearasil target 58 Pepper grinder 59 One side of the Urals

60 Govt. crash investigat­or 63 That guy

 ?? By Brock Wilson ©2019 Tribune Content Agency ?? 7/1/19
By Brock Wilson ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 7/1/19

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