Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS 1 Longtime employer of 26-Down 10 Double shot? 15 “Geek sighting!” 16 “Mad TV” alum

Lange 17 Runway-ready 18 Boarding pass

data 19 Pay stub abbr. 20 Kid gloves, so to

speak 21 Turn down 22 City on Lake

Michigan 23 African capital formerly called Salisbury 24 “Cool, dude!” 27 Court dance 28 Hard-to-count

quantity 29 Emit a powerful

magnetic force? 32 It’s all downhill

from here 33 Hoofed it 34 Comics pooch 35 They’re matched

by foundation­s 37 Take forcibly 38 Like milk of

magnesia 39 “You Gotta Be”

soul singer 40 Old-time feature

film preceders 41 Corduroy feature 42 Rose __: reddish

mineral 43 Big name in hair trimmers 44 Big Ten sch. that competes for the Paul Bunyan Trophy 47 Singer __ Marie 48 Exposes to public scorn 50 Goldbrick 51 Ruins things? 52 Pains 53 1790s political powder keg

DOWN

1 “Honey, I’m Good” singer Grammer 2 “Sesame Street”

roommate 3 Street __ 4 ’60s protest org. 5 Units of pressure 6 Owner of a legendary lantern kicker 7 Put through the wringer again? 8 “Can’t argue with that” 9 Brand sold at Pep Boys 10 Official cocktail of New Orleans 11 Agent that undermines from within 12 “Cure Ignorance” magazine 13 Victoria, to William IV 14 One of many taken in school 21 Rhapsodize­d 22 Britt Reid’s alter ego 23 Shore weather phenomena 24 Med school admissions data 25 __ of time 26 “Miracle on Ice” commentato­r 27 Cooler 29 Hog calls 30 Obey a court order 31 Parcel (out) 33 1980s-’90s Notre Dame football coach Lou 36 Medieval Turko-Mongol settlers 37 Comfortabl­e 39 National flower of Mexico 40 Jacket material 41 Strauss piece 42 Common applicator 43 Like an Irish Terrier’s outer coat 44 Flaky mineral 45 Long-distance calling org.? 46 “Miracle on Ice” loser 48 __ Romana 49 Battle of Britain gp.

 ??  ?? ©2018 Tribune Content Agency 1/27/18 By Andy Kravis
©2018 Tribune Content Agency 1/27/18 By Andy Kravis

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