Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Stress-relieving

gifts

12 Title in an order 15 Feature of the Bush and Johnson White Houses

16 Court call

17 Fox on TV 18 Prelude to a kiss? 19 Podcast feed

letters

20 Zelle and Venmo 21 Editor’s tool

23 Any of 12 popes 24 Run

25 Some highlands

musicians

28 Salt Lake Bees and Jacksonvil­le Jumbo Shrimp

29 “Who’s better than

me?!”

30 Drops in the air 31 Red choice

32 Tips for a writer 33 2020 Isabel Wilkerson bestseller subtitled “The Origins of Our Discontent­s” 34 Stud locale 35 Night sch. class 36 Gals, in dated slang 37 Winds

38 Member of a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame girl group 40 Polarizing figure? 41 Agreements

42 “Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are __!”: 1978 album 43 Opening night

invitee 44 Untimely?

45 Evil computer who says, “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that” 48 Bulls and bucks 49 Tailor’s device 52 “Dig in!”

53 Actor who played Tony Rodriguez on “NYPD Blue” 54 Some corporate IP 55 Display that may have rotating shelves

DOWN

1 Nicola Yoon’s “The Sun Is Also a __” 2 Cribbage pieces 3 x, y and z, in math 4 All-Clad product 5 “Steps in Time” memoirist 6 Intellectu­al property?

7 Keurig pods 8 Concerns for some orthopedic surgeons, initially 9 HS proficienc­y test 10 Sap 11 Doja Cat hit with the lyric “Send your location, come through”

12 Ensures that change is in the air?

13 Scrooge, ultimately 14 In top form

22 One of the “Blackish” parents 23 NOLA cagers 24 Brewery

equipment 25 Pouch with a

woodsy scent 26 Mudslide element 27 Attention getters 28 Target section 30 Shop keepers? 33 Focus of many a

true crime podcast 34 Letterhead feature,

often

36 Just

37 The Lascaux bulls,

e.g.

39 Rubbish

40 Shower element 42 Actor Jean-Claude

Van __

44 Fragrant neckwear 45 Dance with a

kahiko style 46 Trojan War god 47 __-majesté

50 Pops

51 Pollen holder

 ?? By Bettina Elias Siegel and Dan Elias ?? 3/11/23
By Bettina Elias Siegel and Dan Elias 3/11/23

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