Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- ©2021 Tribune Content Agency

ACROSS

1 Fried __, popular Chinese food order

5 Coffee that probably won’t keep you up

10 Engrossed

14 Tehran’s land

15 Norwegian king, 995-1000

16 Other, in Oaxaca

17 One of two rectangles next to home plate

19 New Mexico art community

20 Move like Miley

21 Butcher’s cut

23 CD predecesso­rs

24 Absorb the lesson

25 Cartoon flapper

27 Sick

28 Corn serving

30 Dogie catcher

31 Youngster

33 Boxing match venue

36 First stage, as of an illness

37 Last step, however difficult

40 Tut-tutted

43 ER doc’s “Now!”

44 Glasses, in adspeak

48 Arcade pioneer

49 “Casablanca” pianist

51 NYC’s Madison or Fifth

52 “Cheers!”

56 Fall flower

58 Divided Asian country: Abbr.

59 Not worth debating

60 Prefix with face or faith

61 Falco of “The Sopranos”

63 Called from the rear?

66 Egg foo __

67 River to the Rhone

68 “Casablanca” heroine

69 Fix, vet-style

70 Calif. NFLer

71 “Phooey!”

DOWN

1 Tease

2 With extreme anger

3 Fashion runway

4 “Come in!”

5 Nerdy type

6 Raised city trains

7 Computer cord

8 In progress, as Sherlock’s “game”

9 Handy “Mr.”

10 “Hogwash!”

11 With “for,” unable to think of, as words

12 Say, “Will you marry me?”

13 Drunkard

18 Sea eagle

22 Hosiery material

24 Illuminate­d

25 Telly watchers

26 Styx and Stones

29 Paintings on a wall, for instance

32 Film critic Roger

34 Ping-Pong table divider

35 Comprehend

38 “Eat crow” or “talk turkey”

39 Expected-in hr.

40 Indent producers, on a PC

41 Got to one’s feet

42 Catastroph­ic New Orleans hurricane

45 Kneecap

46 World’s highest mountain

47 Child of a boomer

50 Pedi partner

53 Shell competitor

54 “Stars and Stripes Forever” composer

55 Give voice to

57 Word with case or way

60 Footnote word

62 IOC country code between ECU and ERI

64 __-la-la 65 Prosecutor­s, for short

 ?? By Kurt Krauss ?? 9/13/21
By Kurt Krauss 9/13/21

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from United States