Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Billy Ouska

ACROSS

1 Mark that may be covered by a tattoo

5 Craigslist caveat

9 Andalusian poet García __

14 Folk singer Guthrie

15 “The Flintstone­s” pet

16 Retired NBA great Shaquille

17 *Extremely hostile situation

20 “Farewell”

21 Pixar character

22 Notion

23 __ sequitur

24 Loops in, in a way

26 2019 N.L. MVP Bellinger

28 Blackjack card

29 Broke, as a law

33 *Toyota RAV4 alternativ­e

37 Have bills to pay

38 Mine extraction­s

39 Wyoming’s Grand __ National Park

40 Miracle Mets outfielder Tommie

41 Legged it

42 *Offensive in the First Gulf War

44 Sporadical­ly

46 French summer

47 “The Time Machine” race

48 “Dude!”

49 Comm. for the hearing-impaired

52 Toni Morrison title character

54 Cardamom-infused tea

57 Winnie-the-Pooh’s creator

59 *Netflix series about a chess prodigy

62 Come after

63 Perched upon

64 Automaker with a four-ring logo

65 Walk casually

66 Microscope part

67 Marvel Comics mutants, four of whom can be found at the ends of the answers to the starred clues

DOWN

1 Alabama head football coach Nick

2 Belief system

3 Bold poker play

4 Function

5 Hubbub

6 Uses a sieve

7 Gaga over

8 NYC nabe

9 Soft toss

10 New York lake near Utica

11 “Shall we head out?”

12 12 bottles of wine

13 Utah ski resort

18 New Mexico’s state flower

19 Meet

25 Hockey face-off spot

27 The Grand __ Opry

28 Donkey

29 Casts a ballot

30 Composer Stravinsky

31 Vase-shaped jug

32 Consider to be

33 Seaweed for sushi

34 Tehran’s country

35 Foolish

36 “I __ my case”

40 Had for dinner

42 She & Him, e.g.

43 Leaf pore

45 Memorial tablet

48 Badlands bovine

49 Scrapbook

50 Slyly cutting, as a remark

51 Open the door for

52 Wineglass part

53 “Hmm ... I doubt that”

55 Recover

56 Start the poker pot

58 Big name in theaters?

60 Driver’s turn, for short

61 Driver’s aid, for short

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4/19/22

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