Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Former NFL running back Jennings who won “Dancing With the Stars” in 2017 7 Cuban dance 12 Govt. Rx watchdog 15 Give in (to) 16 Thorny plant 17 Belonging to us 18 Invisible impediment in the workplace

20 The Pac-12’s Trojans

21 Solar phenomena 22 Kooky traits 24 Flub it

25 Able to speak easily, as a language 27 Badly mistaken 31 Average schlub 34 53-Down noise 35 Not worth debating

36 Is in the red 37 Civil suit cause 38 Predators in pool halls 40 Designer Jacobs 41 Set in stone, say 42 Benevolent 43 Hägar’s wife 44 Paul Newman caper film 46 Comedian Elayne 48 Full of moxie 49 Theater segment 50 “Reservoir Dogs” co-star Harvey 52 Find at a dig 57 Blackjack eleven 58 Invisible impediment in the sky

61 Twitter guffaw 62 Chose (to)

63 Bit of ramen 64 Football lineman 65 Prerequisi­tes 66 “Communist Manifesto” coauthor with Marx

DOWN

1 Garb for many a Dickens waif 2 Rights-defending org.

3 Read quickly 4 Gas brand with toy trucks 5 Marketing jargon 6 Interior designs 7 Grand slam quartet, in baseball shorthand 8 Internet address letters

9 1002, in old Rome 10 Regal meals 11 Participat­es in a debate 12 Invisible impediment in the theater 13 Nightfall 14 Curved sections 19 French “to be” 23 Workers’ earnings 25 Scandinavi­an cruise sight 26 “Please understand ... ” 27 Eight-member ensemble 28 Suds 29 Invisible impediment in science fiction 30 Packaged buy including shower curtain, towels, etc.

32 Join the flow of traffic 33 Basketball Hall of Famer Robertson 35 Like some stray mutts 38 Slalom setting 39 Clue 43 Producer of curls 45 Attaches with rope 46 Cutting remark 47 Number on a pump

50 Curly leafy green 51 Micro or macro subj.

52 Tacks on 53 Pond critter 54 Staff helper 55 Phone in a pocket 56 “__ chic!” 59 Sporty truck, briefly 60 Nancy Drew’s beau

 ?? By Emily Ludolph and Jeff Chen ©2019 Tribune Content Agency ?? 7/2/19
By Emily Ludolph and Jeff Chen ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 7/2/19

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