Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Long-nosed fish 4 Took to the cleaners

11 With 29-Down, anticipate­s potential trouble 14 Burns wrote one on a louse 15 “After this, no more questions” 16 Tahiti, to Gauguin 17 Total confusion at the creamery? 19 Actor Cage, casually 20 Avoided a family affair, perhaps 21 Fabled beast 22 Golden __ 23 Carefree adventure 24 Little tunneler 25 “The L Word” cocreator Chaiken 26 Giant among Giants

27 Alicia Keys record label 29 Without markup 30 Foot condition seen in oaters? 34 Checked the latest blog entry, say 35 Comparison of a motor coach to all other travel options? 39 Gershwin classic 41 Ike’s WWII

command

42 Prefix with laryngolog­y 43 Throws the game

44 O’er and o’er 46 Thunderstr­uck 47 Synagogue storage cabinets

48 T’ai __ 49 Compassion­ate words

51 TX library honoree 52 Barista’s occupation­al hazards? 54 “Don’t Bring Me Down” gp. 55 Fur-loving de Vil 56 “Who __?”: New Orleans Saints chant

57 Lee follower 58 Beach pest 59 “You __ devil!”

DOWN

1 Visit the engine room, perhaps 2 Put on a pedestal 3 Sharp answers 4 Head for the hills 5 Frying medium 6 It’s NW of QWERTY 7 Allen of Vermont 8 “See the ___ clear’d, and then we will depart”: “King Henry VI”

9 Grandson of Adam

10 __ Arc, Arkansas 11 Require for success

12 Ones from afar 13 It may be hard to keep

18 State hwy., often 22 “Jo’s Boys” author 24 “Storage Wars” network

25 “I speak the truth” 27 Brand munched by E.T.

28 Want badly

29 See 11-Across 31 Boxer’s boxers 32 Gold __ 33 Agitated 35 Many a heist 36 E.M. Forster’s “__ End” 37 Opposite of momentary 38 Reason for a coverup?

39 Less fresh 40 Emulate a nightingal­e 44 “Whoop-de-doo” 45 Played a piccololik­e instrument 46 Needle front? 48 “Downton Abbey” countess 49 Deftly 50 StubHub parent 52 IV units

53 2003 holiday film

 ??  ?? By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 11/8/19
By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2019 Tribune Content Agency 11/8/19

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