Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Bobblehead­s, e.g. 6 Jury decision 11 Pair of Grammys? 14 “It’s __ time!” 15 Old photo tint 16 Dwarf who mixes up his words 17 Angry reaction 19 “This American Life” host Glass 20 Meeting goal often not achieved 21 Nuclear energy device

23 Lip 26 Firefighte­r’s tool 27 Indian noble 31 Surly

35 Soft palate projection

37 Not what one would expect 38 It went down in history 40 Connects with 44 Mexican bread 46 Single-master 47 Stable cleaner 51 Tolkien tree creatures 52 Palm tree superfood 53 Ancient home 55 Predator with a heart-shaped face 59 Card game with trumps 64 Hurricane season mo.

65 “The Shawshank Redemption” event, and what’s hidden in four puzzle rows 68 Cravat or ascot 69 Like Caspar Milquetoas­t 70 Give a false idea of 71 Low 72 Deposit in the attic, say 73 Cheerleade­rs’ assortment

DOWN

1 “James and the Giant Peach” author

2 Wind heard in Dion’s “Abraham, Martin and John” 3 Desolate 4 Organ in a chest 5 Decides to leave alone 6 Biblical mount 7 Harmless cyst 8 Imitator 9 Slope

10 It may be crunched 11 Spell-checker, say 12 Lacking in joy 13 Rustled (up) 18 Bangkok native 22 Private laugh 24 Golfing mishaps 25 Camera type, briefly

27 Rural road feature 28 Prefix with fauna 29 Stick (out) 30 2019 Mena Massoud title role 32 Free of commission­s, as a mutual fund 33 Young Darth 34 Cookie containers 36 Indigo plant 39 Having four sharps 41 Absalom, to David 42 “PAW Patrol” fan 43 Special ___ 45 Caviar

47 Clogs 48 Thorny shrub 49 Made a sudden move 50 Rounded hammer part 54 Lumpy, as a knit fabric 56 Comes down on one side of something 57 Court order 58 Ride to the prom 60 Algonquin language 61 Severe criticism 62 Fence crosspiece 63 Manages to get, with “out” 66 Military address 67 “To Autumn,” for one

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By MaryEllen Uthlaut

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