Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Katy Perry hit with the lyric “Louder, louder than a lion” 5 Laid-back sort 10 Arkin of “Argo” 14 Penny-__: trivial 15 17-syllable poem 16 One-third of a

15-Across

17 Salty expanses 18 Elizabeth of

“WandaVisio­n” 19 Starring role 20 *Saint Bernard statue made entirely from sourdough?

23 “I need details!” 24 Chinese philosophy founded by Laotzu 28 Many, informally 32 Big name in little

trucks

33 Toward the stern 36 *Special occasions that call for braided loaves? 39 “Evil Woman” rock

gp.

40 Underway, to

Sherlock

41 Health ins. choice 42 *Improvemen­ts to

a cake recipe? 46 Sundial X

47 Pokes (around) 48 R&B singer known for his use of AutoTune

50 Odors

52 Wanders

56 Any of the answers to this puzzle’s starred clues? 61 CrossFit aftermath 64 Go gaga over 65 Wolfe who first appeared in the novel “Fer-deLance”

66 Possible source of

DNA evidence 67 One taking a spin

on a helicopter? 68 Cogito __ sum 69 Upper limbs 70 Supreme Court

Justice Kagan 71 Blended family

prefix

DOWN

1 Workshop files 2 Get the better of 3 Arcade pioneer 4 Put up on eBay, say 5 Son of Odin 6 Angela Bassett’s alma mater 7 Home of a muchphotog­raphed tower

8 Scraped (out) 9 Donut-shaped cake 10 “No problems

here!”

11 Fib

12 Actress de Armas 13 Rod and Todd’s dad on “The Simpsons” 21 Coalition 22 Solemn pledge 25 Ill-suited

26 Zoom alternativ­e 27 Bricklayer

29 “__ she blows!” 30 Out of danger 31 Up in the air 33 Health insurance

giant

34 Elevator stop 35 Upper body

37 In the __: informed 38 Gillette razor 43 Moderates 44 Biblical twin of

Jacob

45 Muddy spot 49 Unclaimed

51 Trap

53 Stave off

54 Join the flow of

traffic

55 Poke around 57 Megastar

58 Short message 59 1982 Disney sci-fi

film

60 Mother of Ares 61 Clicking sound? 62 Sedan, e.g. 63 “That guy?”

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