Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Fred Piscop

ACROSS

1 Periods of history

5 __ Pujols, fourth MLBer to reach 6,000 total bases

11 Area for experiment­s

14 __ Raton, Fla.

15 Ballerina, at times

16 Bullfight “Bravo!”

17 *Hitchhiked

19 Take the gold

20 Took the wheel

21 Drained of energy

23 Firebug’s crime

26 Changes direction

27 Create a raised logo on, say

31 “My pleasure”

33 Señor’s squiggle

34 Said further

35 Put money in, as a parking meter

38 Board game with nine rooms

39 Picture within a picture

40 Heap, as of wood

41 Weeding tool

42 Judicial orders

43 Zesty dip for tortilla chips

44 Line in pressed pants

46 Movie theater feature

47 Throbbed

49 CNN journalist Hill

51 Doctoral candidate’s project

53 Beers served with lime

58 Tell a tall tale

59 Cry to one blocking your view at a concert ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues

62 Classified­s, e.g.

63 Apple device

featuring Siri

64 Italian wine region

65 Go out with

66 Skimpy swimsuits

67 Wanton look

DOWN

1 Recedes, like the tide

2 Sports blowout

3 Wile E. Coyote’s supplier

4 “The __”: “What she’s having”

5 Trees with catkins

6 Takes charge

7 Granola __

8 Prefix with dermis

9 Wine list heading

10 Picked up the check

11 *Something kept to avoid attention

12 Sci-fi visitor

13 Gives a little

18 Clear of data, e.g.

22 Erect, with “up”

24 Golden-ager

25 Network junctions

27 Mark with acid

28 Venus de __

29 *Dressing with Buffalo wings

30 Tribute in verse

32 Dog doc

34 Biscotti flavoring

36 “If all __ fails ... ”

37 Faculty head

39 Nest egg acronym

40 Four, for most golf holes

42 “Way to go, team!”

43 Winter neck warmer

45 Hi-__ audio

46 Biscuits at teas

47 Book with maps

48 Reprimand

50 Cake topping

52 Many a jayvee player

54 Taken by mouth

55 Carrot, on a snowman

56 Start the kitty

57 Mix, as a liquid

60 Abbott and Costello’s first baseman

61 Oui’s opposite

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