Houston Chronicle

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1 “Friends” catchphras­e 11 Auctioned wheels 15 Far from perfect 16 European capital withmore than 340 lakes 17 Newspaper audience 18 Convertibl­e option 19 City downriver from Las Cruces 20 Temporary fixes 22 Ctrl + I, in much software: Abbr. 24 Draft pick 25 Early product promotion with few details 29 Summer hire, perhaps 32 Cruise controls 33 Piecemaker? 35 Vietnamese soup 36 Hawkish god 37 Light refractor 38 Coagulate 39 Show passes, informally 40 Secret meeting 41 Vocation 42 Living room piece 44 Factory equipment 46 19th-century English novelist Charles 48 __ Jim 49 Like a “pony” with limited skills 52 Dyson alternativ­es 56 Beginning to call? 57 One may be part of a fresh start 59 Knotted up, scorewise 60 Campaign focus 61 Sources of furniture wood 62 Relative of a fidget spinner

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1 Present 2 Only unanimous Cy Young Award winner between Dwight and Randy 3 Finish (up) 4 “Always in motion is the future” and others 5 Electra’s brother 6 Hullabaloo 7 Oz and Howser: Abbr. 8 Sounds heard at an unveiling 9 JFK and LBJ, e.g. 10 Relative priority in hiring 11 Some moonshine 12 One may include large gifts 13 Ripple preceder 14 Cry over spiltmilk 21 Corn bread 23 Jerry’s “Seinfeld” co-creator 25 “__ So Raven”: 2000s sitcom 26 Like meeting one’s doppelgnge­r, probably 27 “I’m curious about everything—even things that don’t interest me” speaker 28 Belief in a handsoff god 30 __ Island 31 Observes 34 “Cmo__?” 37 Forecasts 38 Forensic analysis site 40 Berlin Wall Speech word 41 Ardent desires 43 Wyoming range 45 “Jurassic Park” dinosaurs, e.g. 47 Brilliance 49 Snack manufactur­ed in 18 countries 50 Super star 51 Broadway’s Walter __ Theatre 53 “Flashdance... What a Feeling” singer 54 “Hooked on Classics” co. 55 Navy __ 58 Mature

 ?? ByWayne Bergman and Gary Otting ??
ByWayne Bergman and Gary Otting

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