Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Station lineup 5 Lacks calmness, in modern slang 15 Wrench or twist 16 SiriusXM channel devoted to “the King” 17 Feature of some cheeses 18 Jigsaw-making process

19 Site with many alteration­s 20 Kelly of “Anchors Aweigh” 21 Fast-food order 22 Eurasian ecoregion 24 Improvemen­t plan 27 Source of relief 30 Take off

31 Place with a bucket list? 32 Steamed by 34 Familia nickname 35 TV program generally targeted for women

38 See 39-Across 39 With 38-Across, SLR since 1987 40 London’s Old __ 41 Loosen, in a way 43 Portfolio item 45 Brings back to the team, say

47 Best Picture title locale the year after the West Side 51 Uncommitte­d 52 What a reservatio­n can prevent 55 Philosophe­r influenced by Hegel 56 Yellowish-tinted spirit

59 Stress indicator: Abbr. 60 Munch, e.g. 61 Period in ads 62 Timely quality 63 Barely gets (by)

DOWN

1 Dark-tongued dogs 2 Regular review 3 Destitute 4 Remove, as varnish 5 Natural windbreaks 6 “Fascism is __ told by bullies”: Hemingway 7 Old Norse name meaning “young man”

8 Not so rough 9 Pac-12’s Beavers 10 Early TV component 11 Genteel gesture

12 Like much spoken language 13 Chantelle offering 14 Access, in a way 23 Indy front-runner? 25 Semi-hard cheese 26 Move beyond 28 “Game on!” 29 The Apolima Strait separates its two main islands 31 Greet affectiona­tely 33 Escape rooms

35 In an atom’s outer shell, two electrons not bonded to another atom

36 Red annoyance? 37 Wheat germ nutrient 38 ABBA’s genre 42 Evening hr. 44 Mythical wine lovers 46 Proust character married to Odette 48 Cloth-dyeing method 49 Steamed 50 Beetle bars 53 Play fare 54 Shakespear­ean warning word 57 Christian denom. 58 Slowing, in mus.

 ?? By Matthew Sewell ©2020 Tribune Content Agency ?? 1/4/20
By Matthew Sewell ©2020 Tribune Content Agency 1/4/20

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