Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Sport played on

horseback

5 Make fun of

9 Goes up 14 Bibliograp­hy

abbreviati­on 15 Furniture chain that also sells lingonberr­y preserves 16 Feeling of existentia­l boredom 17 *Sincere intention

to be fair

20 Sight or smell 21 Granny

22 Some Wall St.

deals

23 Joan of __: French

heroine 25 Pampering place 27 *One who can’t help but see the bright side 36 Assignment for a swimmer or a bowler

37 Ore deposit 38 Beat

39 Chicago winter hrs. 40 Central

Pennsylvan­ia city 42 Luv

43 Go-to crew 45 Salad fish

46 Stud farm stud 47 *Private fashion

consultant 50 Sunflower St.

school 51 __-pitch softball 52 See 64-Down 55 Biblical ark builder 59 Songs for two 63 Reason for a courtroom objection, and what the start of the answer to each starred clue has 66 Silly activity

67 Red gemstone 68 Writer Bombeck 69 “Let’s Make a Deal”

host Brady 70 Unworried state 71 “Whoa, trippy!”

DOWN

1 Green animals in Angry Birds 2 Slender woodwind

3 Zebra hunter 4 “There’s a nonzero chance ... “5 Coastal inlet 6 Comparable (to) 7 Oscar winner Catherine __-Jones 8 Journalist Paula 9 NFL official

10 Fill with passion 11 __ appeal 12 Currency named for a continent 13 Follows an obedience school command 18 Houseplant with fronds

19 Sunup direction 24 Match a bet,

in poker

26 Bread served with

hummus

27 Rock formation in Yosemite, familiarly

28 Have a spoonful,

say

29 “The door’s

open!”

30 Led Zeppelin’s

“Whole __ Love” 31 Near-beer name 32 Lowly workers 33 Reply to “Ya

dig?”

34 18-Down seed 35 Copier cartridge 40 Songwriter Tori 41 Slangy

turndowns 44 Welcomed at the

door

46 Mouthed (off) 48 Former Georgia

senator Sam 49 Bygone GM line 52 Imperfecti­on 53 “Chocolat” actress

Olin

54 Like Cheerios 56 Mythical menace 57 Teal shade 58 Busy airports 60 Ireland, to the Irish 61 Heavy book 62 Simple fastener 64 With 52-Across, floating Arctic sheet 65 Potato spot

 ?? By Bruce Venzke ?? 2/20/23
By Bruce Venzke 2/20/23

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