Houston Chronicle

daily crossword

- By Todd Gross

ACROSS

1 Way back when 8 __ top 14 Winnipeg’s

province 16 Doublehead­er

half 17 1986 movie set partly in the Australian Outback 19 Shoe parts 20 Loch with a

legend 21 One-named

singer 24 Biol. or ecol. 25 Under attack 26 Co-star of the

2015 film “Joy” 28 Boot attachment 30 “Bridge of Spies”

actor Alan 31 Onion rings are

fried in it 34 Worldwide

economic org. 37 1988 movie set in a Southern California high school 40 Tam or trilby 41 Pencil tip 42 Time in ads 43 FBI agent 44 __ of influence 46 Start of el año 49 Record players,

briefly 52 Improve a lawn 53 Roman baker’s

dozen? 54 More sudsy 56 1996 movie set in

Nevada’s Area 51 61 Nicks on many

albums 62 1967 Temptation­s

hit 63 Like some movies ... literally including 17-, 37and 56-Across 64 Wine competitio­n

attendees

DOWN

1 “Better Call Saul” network 2 Long-nosed fish 3 “Microsoft sound” composer 4 Like cannoli 5 One making

amends 6 Mars and Venus 7 Bios are often part of them 8 Vanilla containers 9 “The Simpsons” shopkeeper 10 Star of E! network’s “I Am Cait” 11 Machu Picchu’s

range 12 Attorney general

under Reagan 13 “Give it __” 15 Novelist Waugh 18 Single show 21 Cookbook measuring words 22 Fourth of 24 23 Run until 25 Calf father 27 Tara family

name 29 Harborside

strolling spots 32 Without end 33 NFL scores 34 Green climbers 35 D.C. undergroun­d 36 Set loose 38 Sample in a

product pitch 39 Hard-wired 43 Mourn 45 Summary 46 Have a place in

the world 47 Critical inning 48 Down for a

pillow 50 Actress __ Pinkett

Smith 51 Competed in a

British bee 54 Flower starter 55 At Hollywood and

Vine, for short 57 Crusty dessert 58 Fourth of 26 59 __ Lingus 60 Cloth meas.

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