Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Red ink list 6 Editor’s “never

mind”

10 Fast one 14 Naturally lit

courtyards 15 Mex. title 16 Roughly 17 Devious nestling’s

cry?

19 Word on diet food

packaging

20 Like a coach after a rough game, maybe 21 Marriott-owned

hotel chain 23 Sets, as a price 24 Div. won by the

Braves 13 times 26 Besmirch 27 Early-rising duck’s

call?

32 __ Maria

35 Big bully 36 Protected at sea 37 Counselor 39 Watch for money,

usually 42 Four-time Grammy winners Kings of __ 43 Backspace over 45 Hosp. areas 46 Prizeworth­y

cornfield sounds? 49 Amigo 50 Letters from the Civil War 51 Mine bonanza 55 Skated on thin ice 59 Look into again, as a cold case 61 Brought into play 62 Elegant dove’s murmur? 64 Many a retired thoroughbr­ed 65 “It __ up to me” 66 Catcher’s interferen­ce, in baseball rules 67 Kit Carson House site

68 Throw away 69 Nostalgica­lly fashionabl­e DOWN

1 Russian country

house

2 Cultural spirit 3 Work stoppage? 4 Elaborate cake

layers

5 Easy marks 6 Kazakhstan, once:

Abbr.

7 Split into thirds 8 Inscribe

9 Start liking 10 Astronomic­al time

period

11 Lit __

12 In the matter of 13 Kohler rival 18 Academic goal 22 Churchill’s “so few”: Abbr. 25 Bay leaf source 27 Moon and Starr of the NFL 28 Skewered fare 29 “And another thing ... ” 30 2003 Masters champ Mike 31 Brings home 32 Locker room sprinkle 33 Brain wave 34 Admit frankly 38 To a great degree 40 Equally hard to find 41 Contest where participan­ts stand for a spell 44 Figures 47 Elevator __ 48 Bring out 51 He played Ugarte in “Casablanca” 52 Eyeball benders 53 HGTV topic 54 Two before marzo 55 Reddish shade 56 Where to find Java 57 Student of Seneca 58 Just all right 60 Hungarian wine region 63 Rehab symptom, for short

 ?? By Paul Coulter ??
By Paul Coulter

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