Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Suggestion­s, informally

5 Many works 40-Across 9 Supplement 14 Monsieur’s mine 15 Champagne designatio­n 16 React to a loss 17 *Watch 19 Palestinia­n leader Mahmoud 20 Childish comeback 21 Increase, with “up” 23 Simian 24 *Jazzman Fats Waller, style-wise 29 “St. Louis Blues” composer 31 Huntsville’s home: Abbr. 32 Nitrogen-based dye

33 Turow book set at Harvard 36 Quaking tree 40 *“Boulevard Montmartre” series painter 44 Krispy __ 45 Room in una casa 46 __ bran

47 Corn unit 49 Sisters on whom “Little Women” was loosely based 52 *Understand 57 It may be inflated 58 Not bright 59 Dreadlocks wearer 62 Golfer with an “army” 65 Quake’s origin, and a feature of the answers to starred clues 68 Walks unsteadily 69 Make over 70 “Star Trek” creator Roddenberr­y 71 Sore throat cause 72 Word with dash or happy 73 Novelist Ferber

DOWN

1 Female rodent, to Fernando 2 Arab chieftain 3 Returns 4 Afternoon break 5 Kimono sash 6 Anger 7 “Filthy” moolah 8 Expensive 9 Physicians’ gp. 10 Bio info

11 City with the world’s tallest building 12 Snares 13 Kickoff

18 Dirty work? 22 By way of 25 Object of much reverence 26 Newton fractions 27 Rueful word 28 Voyager org. 29 Eccentric 30 Überauthor­ity 34 “Learn about the UV Index” org. 35 Pastel shade 37 Voiced one’s opposition 38 Logician’s “E” 39 Forget-me-__ 41 “How __ Your Mother” 42 “Troublemak­er: Surviving Hollywood and Scientolog­y” memoirist Remini 43 Brine has a lot of it 48 Signal to stop 50 Virologist’s goal 51 Creamsicle flavor 52 Gets ready, with “up” 53 Long-billed wader 54 Copier cartridge 55 Places to tie up 56 Drive

60 Miss. neighbor 61 Plane measuremen­t 63 Martinique, par exemple 64 Clairvoyan­t’s claim 66 Journalist Tarbell 67 Steal, in slang

 ?? By Winston Emmons ©2019 Tribune Content Agency ?? 8/22/19
By Winston Emmons ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 8/22/19

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