Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 Make fun of 6 Consecrate 11 Like sashimi 14 Kind of acid in proteins 15 Paddled transport 16 Investment acronym 17 Later than late 19 Formal apparel 20 Ultimate goal 21 Welcome word in real estate 22 Prez on a fiver 23 Word with sky or spy 25 “Gypsy” star, 1959 27 Gleeful Bedrock shout 33 Happening, to Holmes 34 Campus leader 35 “Main” road 38 Discontinu­ed iPods 39 [There’s another doc] 40 Tearful

41 Food on the trail 42 Ailing

43 __ strength 44 Busywork 47 Caterpilla­r casing 49 Bug

50 Word of good cheer? 51 Layered mineral 54 Flannel patterns 59 Salem-to-Boise dir. 60 Moonshine 62 [Not my mistake] 63 Adler of Sherlock Holmes fame 64 Stealthy warrior 65 Sound of disapprova­l 66 County bordering London

67 Toot one’s own horn

DOWN

1 Like blokes

2 “My turn to sing!” 3 Be concerned with 4 “Young Frankenste­in” role 5 Hipsters 6 Pre-A.D. 7 Metallica drummer Ulrich 8 Root canal procedure, briefly 9 Classic 1967 Sam & Dave hit

10 Like some rye 11 EGOT-winning actress from “West Side Story” 12 Curaçao neighbor 13 Like candles 18 Prince who inspired Dracula 24 Finally got there 26 Rat or squirrel 27 Yin’s partner

28 In the distance 29 Employee’s end-ofyear reward 30 Owie

31 Park seat

32 Start to park, perhaps 36 Acted like 37 Greek food truck offering 40 Moving, as one’s toes

42 Many prom attendees 45 Christina Crawford’s “__ Dearest”

46 Big wine valley 47 Pepsodent rival 48 Welcome desert sight

52 Pool equipment 53 Hathaway married to Shakespear­e 55 Actor Kapoor of “Slumdog Millionair­e” 56 Online sign-in fig. 57 __ vu

58 Law enforcemen­t acronym 61 Ranch nickname

 ?? By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 1/27/21 ??
By Jeffrey Wechsler ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 1/27/21

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