Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Groom like a groom, maybe

9 Is in store 15 Green getaway 16 “Crud!” 17 Beneficiar­ies of preferenti­al admission 18 Delightful 19 Texas congressma­n who ran for president as a Libertaria­n in 1988

21 Nice refusal? 22 When things just don’t click 25 Aide-__: mnemonic device 28 White wine cocktails

29 Gets stuck

32 Let go

33 Let go

34 Air freshener deliveries 37 High-speed metaphor 41 Give out 42 Colorado tributary 43 “So you admit it!” 44 “Star Wars” film subtitle 47 Classist type

48 Breath-freshening brew

50 Board game conduits 52 Storied shelf occupant 53 Lawmaker 56 Barked 59 Pregame party site 63 Tee off 64 Pavarotti classic 65 Father figure? 66 Broad Eastern cuisine category

DOWN

1 Harris of “thirtysome­thing” 2 Flying phenom 3 Eggy drink 4 Fragments

5 __ butter

6 Not very much 7 Single animalshap­ed candy? 8 “Let It Go” singer in “Frozen” 9 Mystified 10 Serious declaratio­n 11 Is for many 12 Before you know it 13 Divided island north of Australia 14 “Don’t Rain on My Parade” composer 20 Speaker’s pauses

22 Beast known as the zebra giraffe 23 Rigs

24 Junk dealer in a ’70s sitcom 26 Family nickname 27 Tot’s scrape 30 Peru panning target 31 Outset 33 Speedy 35 Nevada tourist mecca 36 Foundation pieces 38 Bee or Em 39 With it 40 Choice event 45 Prepared a bed, maybe

46 Solo pilot? 47 Swells 48 Spoke Burmese? 49 Actress Massey 51 Casual greeting 54 Perched on 55 61-Down’s dwelling

57 __ Four

58 One may be bruised 60 Challengin­g retort 61 Familia member 62 Word that’s sometimes an exaggerati­on

 ?? By Trent H. Evans ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 5/2/20 ??
By Trent H. Evans ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 5/2/20

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