Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Hula swivelers 5 Knife in the cooler? 9 Jones, so to speak 13 Boys Town is a

suburb of it

15 Stiff wind?

16 Linger in the bath 17 Vatican-related 18 Newsy snippet 20 Half of an Arnold

Palmer

22 Loads

23 15-Across piece 24 Madagascar

mammal

26 It was deorbited in

2001

28 Exacting standard 30 An arm and a leg 34 What turns pets

into poets?

35 Uses the overhead

bin for

36 Turn aside 37 Depressed area 39 Bar mitzvah

dances

41 Gulf States ruler 42 Holmes who played Jackie Kennedy in two TV miniseries 44 “You __ be

kidding!” 46 Dedicated lines 47 Peachy keen 48 Goofs off 49 DVR button 50 Bounced, in a bad

way

52 Best Play, e.g. 54 32-Down of July ’81 57 Used a bit, maybe 60 “Can I go already?” 63 Debonair

64 Bear with cold

porridge

65 Spring or League

opener

66 Navel formation 67 Bit of trickery 68 Staying power 69 Kombu, e.g.

DOWN

1 Kachina doll carver

2 Apple product since 1998 3 *Delivery job not as common as it once was 4 Beach umbrella benefit 5 McGwire rival 6 Network with Comedy and Family channels 7 Letters for debtors 8 Jellyfish defense 9 *Computer storage device

10 Churn

11 Total ticket sales 12 Squeaks (by) 14 Changes 19 Midwife co-worker 21 Gloria’s mom in

’70s TV 24 Underhande­d approach, and a hint to the answers to starred clues

25 Like knockoffs 26 Costume ball

sights

27 Wedding day

acquisitio­n 29 Search for, for

many

31 *Nostalgic locale 32 Wedding day VIP 33 Scatter

38 *Solar system’s

home

40 Take the wheel 43 Omit in speech 45 Birthplace of St.

Francis

51 Word with pool or

wave

53 Pay, with “down” 54 Genie’s digs 55 Disappeari­ng

Asian sea 56 Musician’s mailing 57 Ball stars

58 Bad doings

59 Like an

investigat­ive dive 61 Lode load 62 Badger

 ?? By Debbie Ellerin ©2021 Tribune Content Agency ?? 12/29/21
By Debbie Ellerin ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 12/29/21

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