Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Julian Lim

ACROSS

1 “__ All That”: 1999 movie 5 Diver’s gear 9 “Fancy seeing you here!”

14 Hoof it on a bad knee, say 15 Ecstatic internet shout 16 Driver’s choice 17 Oberlin’s state 18 “We tried, but this won’t work” 20 Give up on 22 Superman’s makeup? 23 Fashion plate 24 Kerfuffle 27 Constructi­on girder 31 Dubuque denizen 33 Serve as a reminder

37 Mic __: triumphant move 39 Finnish company that created Angry Birds

40 James Patterson hero __ Cross

41 Do an accountant’s job 44 Cheapen 45 Subtle summons 46 Run-of-the-mill 47 Nonsense 50 Yellowfins, e.g. 55 Write briefly and quickly

59 Cause of a crash 62 Family __

63 Cup or star 64 Emerald City princess 65 “Haven’t decided yet”

66 Uses WhatsApp, say

67 Eject 68 Tibetan title

DOWN

1 Slackens the pace 2 Drum kit item with a pedal

3 “Into the Wild” star Hirsch 4 Took the mic 5 “Just saying,” in 66-Across 6 Kappa preceder 7 Meddlesome 8 Nonsense companion? 9 Black-and-white dessert

10 Ian who plays Bilbo Baggins 11 It might be adjusted in Photoshop 12 Kang and Kodos, on “The Simpsons” 13 “Affirmativ­e” 19 Sellout letters 21 Sacha Baron Cohen alter ego 24 Mil. truants

25 “You wouldn’t __!” 26 Black gemstone used to make beads 28 Snooze inducer 29 Auth. unknown 30 Gun

32 Actor Epps 33 Fish story notable 34 Backs (out) 35 Popular video game series, with “The” 36 Unruly groups 37 Scot’s Scotch order 38 Yahoo 42 Foreshadow­s 43 R&B great James 48 Ending with malt 49 Ache

51 “__ we meet again” 52 Fashionist­a Kamali 53 Likely roster for the big game 54 “I’m outta here” 55 Bar flier 56 Rice-shaped pasta used in salads 57 Acronymic anxiety about being excluded from the fun

58 Group with pledges

59 The 1% in 1% milk 60 Flabbergas­t 61 Sales __

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