Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By C.C. Burnikel

ACROSS

1 Be indecisive 6 Crop-raising business 10 Tightly closed 14 San Antonio landmark 15 Almay rival 16 Whittle (down) 17 Screenwrit­er’s creation 19 Ferris wheel, e.g. 20 Oblong pastry 21 Outback and Legacy autos 23 Outdoor gear giant 24 Chickadee kin 27 Beam of light 28 Gucci or Versace, notably

33 Nest egg letters 35 Office sub 36 Poker pot pay-ins 37 Leave high and dry 39 “Are we on for the project?” 41 Social slip-up 42 Cole Porter’s “Well, Did You __?” 44 “Of course!” 45 Grand Central, for one

48 Civil War side: Abbr.

49 Poker table giveaway 50 Vanilla extract meas. 53 “That’s deplorable!”

57 Strange thing 59 Supermarke­t section with a scale

60 Math student’s plotting sheet 63 Sailors’ patron saint

64 “That stings!” 65 Partner of well 66 Mathematic­ian Turing

67 Have to have 68 Botox targets ... or what 17-, 28-, 45and 60-Across all have

DOWN

1 Communion bread 2 Wonderland visitor

3 The 4 Seasons frontman Frankie 4 Jane Austen classic 5 Spanish-speaking Muppet 6 Tit-tat link 7 “Thrilla in Manila” victor 8 Knocks hard 9 “I’m up!” 10 Artificial bronzing product 11 Beauty salon focus 12 Pakistani tongue 13 Many shortsleev­ed shirts 18 “The Count of Monte __”

22 Iranian faith featuring a 19-day feast

25 Big place to surf 26 __ card: smartphone component 28 Stories by devoted readers 29 Percocet, e.g. 30 Great Salt Lake state 31 Genesis creator 32 That, in Toledo 33 Letter-shaped beam 34 Tennis rival of Roger, familiarly 37 Actor’s rep. 38 Like thick fog 40 1862 Tennessee battle site 43 Brewery vessel 46 Former name of Vietnam’s most populous city 47 Longtime chum 50 Easy hoops shot 51 Tech mogul Jobs 52 Combustibl­e heaps 53 Thought 54 Land down under?

55 __ mater

56 “T” on a test 58 Surrealist Salvador 61 Top pitcher 62 Scholar’s deg.

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