Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By David Alfred Bywaters

ACROSS

1 Like many superheroe­s 6 Paper items 10 Rock-blasting

equipment 14 Kind of acid used

in food flavoring 15 Dos x dos x dos 16 Indian garb 17 Origami

academy? 19 Chimney liner 20 Victorian, e.g. 21 Erelong 22 Physicist who left Italy in 1938 to protect his Jewish wife 23 Exhaust from the carnival food tent? 27 Hand over 28 Small wake maker 29 Cowboy, at times 32 Scary beach

phenomenon? 37 Pitcher with no

arms 38 Backbone 40 Forest grazers 41 Garment tailored to flatter your waist? 43 Growing things 44 Quotable boxer 45 Story 47 Divisive

politician? 53 Filmmaker born

Konigsberg 54 Barbarian 55 Nickname derived from “Mortgage Associatio­n” 58 Glasses, in adspeak 59 Boldness, and a hint to five long puzzle answers 62 Yonder thing 63 Hawaiian island 64 She turned Odysseus’ crew to swine 65 Antoinette prepositio­n 66 Highland hats 67 Toys on strings

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1 Tea and cake purveyor 2 Deity with a bow 3 Rice dish 4 Finish 5 Set of related documents 6 Optimism opposite 7 Prefix suggesting affordabil­ity 8 Journalist’s question 9 Fa-la link 10 Factory equipment, e.g. 11 “The Piano” extra 12 Publicity video 13 Peaceful protest 18 Electrical supply 22 Symbols of wealth 24 Bitter 25 Meat cut 26 Exit __ 29 Penalty caller 30 Talkative “Winnie the Pooh” character 31 Edible sphere 32 Able 33 Lazybones 34 Unappealin­g viscous material 35 The Beatles’ “I Saw __ Standing There” 36 Org. using wands 38 Aria, usually 39 Royal annoyance? 42 Biblical brother 43 Orator’s skill 45 Fertile Crescent waterway 46 Farming prefix 47 Some protests 48 Top dog 49 Unarmed, to a cop 50 Modern messages 51 End of a giant sequence 52 Nail-filing abrasive 56 With the bow, on a score 57 Watchers 59 Life-saving pro 60 Airport org. 61 Spanish uncle

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