Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Something to pay 5 “Nothing’s broken”

9 Lawn game

14 Fir fellers

15 Cool off in a shallow stream, say

16 Weasley family owl 17 Substantia­l return 20 Popeye’s nemesis 21 Zagreb native 22 Salon creations 23 NCR product 24 “You betcha” 26 Mohel’s rite 28 Color named for a

dancer 34 Dodger who befriended Jackie Robinson 35 Peter of “The

Maltese Falcon” 36 Word of regret 39 Sudden burst 42 9/11Commissi­on

chair Tom

43 Star transports 45 Emulated Van Winkle, after 20 years

47 Bleeping 51 Toni Morrison

novel 52 Reluctantl­y

absorb, as a loss 53 Little bite 56 Admiral’s rear 59 Toon duck triplet 61 “Fame” singer

Cara

63 Making a killing in Vegas ... orwhat happens in 17-, 28and 47-Across 66 Dothe Thanksgivi­ng honors

67 Start to scope 68 __ fixe

69 Pulled a fast one

on

70 Beef bourguigno­nne, for one

71 Old geopolitic­al

states: Abbr.

DOWN

1 Flintstone word 2 Hold in awe 3 Anesthetiz­e 4 Air Force NCO

5 __ Jima

6 Italian noblewoman 7 Dump feature 8 Jedi Master Obi-Wan __

9 Brutish

10 Uranus, for one 11 Scummy deposit 12 Gabrielle Chanel, familiarly 13 Fraternal order 18 British detective played by Michael Kitchen 19 Deserve 25 Lager alternativ­es 27 Like many

addresses 29 Incendiary acts 30 Race for four,

commonly 31 Dander 32 Gunlobby org. 33 “Jeopardy!” whiz

Jennings 36 Priest’s white

garment 37 Unlike Abner,

really 38 Geriatrici­an’s gp. 40 Bug on the road? 41 Dancing girl in “Return of the Jedi”

44 Moved stealthily 46 Journalist Couric 48 Wells’ sci-fi race 49 Bully’s array 50 Works with dough 54 Word with tube or

circle 55 Some toys, briefly 56 It’s sung to the same tune as “Twinkle, twinkle”

57 Lady of the Haus 58 Md. athlete

60 “__ a Kick Out of

You”: Porter song 62 Slugger’s stats 64 Latin greeting 65 Fell, as firs

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