Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By John R. O’Brien

ACROSS

1 Weed whackers 5 Annoy 9 Macbeth, by birth 13 Saintly glows 15 Impression­ist 16 Lola’s nightclub, in song 17 Like an old joke 18 Wind that’s worth a warning 19 Idi of Uganda 20 Deer hunter’s dinner, perhaps 23 Holy Ohio city? 26 Bridal bio word 27 Sault __ Marie 28 “I think,” to a texter 29 Childlike race in “The Time Machine” 32 Learn thoroughly 34 Cutting in half, in math class 37 Seine summers 38 Lincoln or Ford 39 Love, in Spain 42 Nearby 47 Fidel who overthrew Batista 49 Aussie birds that don’t fly 50 San Francisco’s __ Valley 51 Diplomatic VIP 52 NBA tiebreaker­s 54 Sports team swaps 56 Attributed speaker of the circled words 60 Medical suffix 61 Sentry’s “Stop!” 62 Swiss peak in an Eastwood film title 66 Eye part 67 Oil cartel letters 68 Iced tea wedge 69 Icelandic poetic work 70 PC repair person 71 Avec’s opposite

DOWN

1 Suffers from 2 One of an inning’s three 3 Pitcher’s stat 4 Soothing cream 5 Carol kings 6 Hoppy brews, for short 7 Serious criminal 8 Portmantea­u for a false ally 9 “Beat it, feline!” 10 Is remembered 11 Addictive narcotic 12 Oil cartel ship 14 Started the grassgrowi­ng process 21 __ me tangere: “Don’t touch me” 22 Place to park it 23 Ocean motion 24 Skip over 25 Age-old romantic adage 30 A single time 31 “__ it my best” 33 Graceful pond swimmer 35 “That __ fair!” 36 Fedora feature 40 Great Plains tribe 41 Deli breads 43 Pants, briefly 44 Someone who’s good, and obviously knows it 45 Skips, as class 46 Tel Aviv’s land 47 Sweet-talk 48 Got a smile out of 53 Suffix with land or sea 55 Spring zodiac sign 57 “Insecure” Emmy nominee __ Rae 58 Knighted actor Guinness 59 Draw with acid 63 ABC show for early risers, briefly 64 Long, long time 65 ICU workers

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2/17/20

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