Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Joseph Ashear

ACROSS

1 Co. with brown trucks 4 Fearsome Tolkien beasts

8 Run off at the

mouth

14 New Deal prog. 15 Guthrie genre 16 Unprincipl­ed 17 Rapper __-Z 18 Fireplace outlet 19 Accompany 20 Yellowfin tuna 21 Great quantity 22 Highest-ranking elected woman in U.S. history 23 McConaughe­y of “True Detective” 25 Nickname for Israel’s Netanyahu 26 Sported 27 Beach in a 1964 hit song

31 Start of a Poitier film title 34 Author/aviator __ Morrow Lindbergh 36 Film crew member 37 V-formation flier 38 ’90s game disc 39 Pipe up

40 __ the finish 41 Snapchat’s ghost, e.g.

42 Shoes with swooshes 43 Color from a bottle 45 British WWII gun 47 Magician Weasley and anchorman Burgundy 48 Have

52 Like some wedding photos 55 Hook or Cook: Abbr.

56 Quid pro __ 57 Maryland state bird, e.g.

58 Dos cubed 59 Lines at a checkout counter? 60 Money maker 61 Not nice at all 62 Bother a great deal

63 Great times 64 Uruguay’s Punta del __

65 __ de deux

DOWN

1 Clear, as a printer 2 Czech Republic capital, to Czechs 3 “Don’t beat around the bush!”

4 A bit out in the

ocean

5 Painter’s tool

6 ... in a board game 7 Present in a biased way

8 Reed instrument 9 Pond protozoan 10 ... in a ball game 11 Gusto

12 Back muscles, briefly

13 K-12 appropriat­e 24 ... on a game mat 25 ... on a game card 28 Actor Estrada 29 “Dibs!” 30 Long-limbed beasts

31 “So ready for the weekend!” 32 Chaplin named for her grandmothe­r 33 Relax in the hot tub 35 Yuletide libation 39 14 British pounds 41 Big name in advice 44 __ training 46 Tails partner 49 Furnish with gear 50 Sporty Toyota until 2002 51 Laundry day casualties 52 Rooster topper 53 Seed covering 54 Jazz singer Simone 55 Show up

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