Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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1 Skatepark feature 5 Tuxedo part 9 Flew the coop 13 Old Voice of America overseer: Abbr. 14 Dislike intensely 15 Twisted shape 16 Without a care in

the world 18 Olympics segment 19 Dipped chip 20 Vatican City is one 22 Sweetie, in dialect 23 Clove crusher 27 She, in São Paulo 28 “I think,” in chats 29 Pointy hat wearer 30 CIA relative 31 Prefix meaning “ten” 33 Fictional visitors from space 35 Surprise victory 37 Big band venue 41 U.S.-Canada defense system 44 Quite a long while 45 Buckwheat noodle of Japan 49 Tuna at a sushi bar 50 Okinawa okay 53 Fr. holy woman 55 Hi-__ image 56 Deceptive measure 59 Courtroom VIPs 60 Frozen convenienc­e store offering 61 Funny Cheri 63 Solitary 64 Log-on needs ... and, literally, what the ends of 16-, 23-, 37and 56-Across can be 67 Gung-ho, as a fan 68 Cuatro y cuatro 69 __ Cong 70 Rare bills 71 “That was a close one!” 72 Odds partner

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1 Like some tuxedo shirts 2 Usually 3 Hand-held cleaner, briefly 4 Summit-ending agreement 5 TV channels 2 to 13 6 Place for a ring 7 Iron alloy 8 Like the bikini in a 1960 #1 hit 9 Burton of “Roots” 10 Gridiron squads 11 Delicate handling 12 Extension on an unformatte­d document file 15 Of assistance 17 It’s said that he said, “I never said most of the things I said” 21 25% of M 24 “Absolutely!” 25 Campus mil. group 26 Won at musical chairs 32 Toothpaste­endorsing gp. 34 “__ what I mean?” 36 Start of a sequence ending in “thx” 38 Stuck (to) 39 Watering aid 40 Feed the kitty 41 “Stillmatic” rapper 42 Eponymous electrical current principle 43 1970 John Wayne film 46 Call for pizza, say 47 Like Dumbledore and Santa Claus 48 Lends a hand 51 Nile snake 52 Summer treat 54 It used to be plenty 57 Actress Mila 58 Arrive at 62 “Slithy” thing in “Jabberwock­y” 63 Works at a museum 65 One called Miss 66 Sty mother

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