Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By C.C. Burnikel

ACROSS

1 Condition before a storm 5 Secure at the pier 9 Swamp croaker 13 Hand lotion

ingredient 14 Triangular Greek

letter 15 Jackson 5 hairdo 16 Area behind velvet ropes, often 18 Sci-fi hoverers 19 Cul-de-__ 20 Completes a

sentence? 22 Cholestero­l inhibiting

drug 26 Smokey Bear TV

ad, e.g. 27 Scoundrel 28 Sports drink suffix 29 Stockpile 31 JFK’s predecesso­r 33 Favoring relatives

in hiring 35 Richter scale

event 37 Pinch in a recipe 38 Tourney winner 40 Rotisserie rod 42 Pride members 44 Baggage claim

bag 46 John of “Star

Trek” (2009) 47 Word of choice 48 So-so grade 49 Tribute in verse 51 Yellowfin tuna 53 Book buyers 55 Not-so-subtle

verbal nudge 58 “O Sole __” 59 Relaxing soak, or a financial soaking 60 Former “SNL” regular known for Sinatra impression­s 65 Draft

classifica­tion 66 Building extension 67 Be acquainted

with 68 Knitter’s purchase 69 Rock group 70 Planted, as seed

DOWN

1 Cleveland NBAer 2 “Moonlight” Oscar winner Mahershala __ 3 Chop off 4 Argentine soccer superstar Lionel 5 Net judge’s call 6 “Put __ on it!” 7 Hunches over 8 Underwear brand 9 Tightly drawn 10 Commercial

rental property 11 Candle shop

allure 12 Provided with

medicine 14 “Wonder Woman”

publisher 17 Bother a lot 21 Marquis de __ 22 Arrive onshore 23 Perfect example 24 Beverage-named

Denver arena 25 Reckless 30 Roaring success 32 Blu-ray buy 34 “Looks like

trouble!” 35 Curry powder, e.g. ... and what each set of puzzle circles contains 36 Unlikely GoFundMe donor 39 “ABC World News Tonight” anchor David 41 Casual shirts 43 Ark builder 45 Bangkok natives 47 Ryder of “Edward

Scissorhan­ds” 49 “Yippee!” 50 Mythical hunter 52 Muslim woman’s

headscarf 54 Comes to port 56 Larger __ life 57 Ky. neighbor 61 One on foot, in

signs 62 Musician Yoko 63 “Kaboom!” 64 Part of MYOB

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