Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

- By Paul Coulter ©2021 Tribune Content Agency 2/23/21

ACROSS

1 Some artists’

quarters

6 Come to a halt 10 About, on a memo 14 All-__: versatile machine 15 Bizet’s “Habanera,” for one

16 Handle roughly 17 Holiday bloom 19 Sketchbook­s 20 USO show

audience

21 All lathered up 22 Magical lamp

dweller

23 Jong and Durance 25 Oscar winner

Kingsley

26 Taft’s University of

Cincinnati position 33 Things sometimes

found under a tree 35 Wolf cries

36 1959 folk hit with the line “Charlie couldn’t get off of that train” 37 Burden

38 Gave out cards 39 Animal house 40 Time of your life 41 Prolonged battle 42 Number that’s part of a nap

43 UPS vehicle 46 __ Plaines 47 Familiariz­e 50 Rice or wheat 53 “Dilbert” creator Adams

56 Day for voting: Abbr.

57 Sleek, in car talk 58 Parlor pieces, and a hint to each set of circles 60 Dryer trap target 61 MLB Tiger, for one 62 Artist Max 63 Grandson of Adam 64 Heap affection (on) 65 Continues intensely, as a storm

DOWN

1 Feudal lord 2 Broadcasti­ng 3 Natural gas, coal, etc. 4 Atlanta-based station

5 Goes up and down 6 Pamplona parlor 7 Vacation choice 8 Like a slippery garage floor 9 Remit

10 Be about to happen 11 Palindromi­c bread

12 Designer Gernreich 13 “What __ can I do?” 18 Singer Diana 22 Hair products 24 Lions and tigers 25 Lightning flash 27 Support the team 28 Composer Carmichael 29 Young hooter 30 Online advertisin­g 31 Arguing

32 __ a one: none 33 Prod

34 “Bus Stop” playwright 38 Fizzles out 39 Centers of activity 41 Norse name similar to Stephen 42 To a greater degree 44 Numbskulls 45 Campus cadets’ org.

48 Care for 49 Exams 50 __-force winds 51 Equestrian’s strap 52 River of Pisa 53 Farm storage unit 54 Tech news site 55 Shrek, e.g. 58 Bundle of cash 59 Altar in the sky

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