Houston Chronicle

DAILY CROSSWORD

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ACROSS

1 “Born From Jets” automaker 5 Fiscal exec 8 Sign of danger 14 Like letters in an outbox 16 Transport again 17 Connecticu­t home of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament 18 Nobody special 19 One may reveal a secret 20 Inconsiste­nt 22 Pro Bowl side: Abbr.

23 Past regulation, briefly

25 Land in the ocean 26 Cal Poly setting, initially 27 Morlock prey 29 Area 51 figures, supposedly 30 Way to earn interest? 32 Recipe amts. 34 “1984” superstate 36 Find

39 Lab tubes 40 Comparable things 42 “Black Narcissus” figures

43 Word on mail from Toledo, maybe 44 Abate

46 Just the best 49 __ thai 50 Mystery novelist Paretsky

51 Sine qua non 53 One often chosen for lightness 54 Arced woodshop tools

57 Mex. title 58 Hercule’s creator 60 “Join us for lunch?” regrets 62 Put back in the fridge

63 Hair problem, and what three short puzzle answers each has 64 Drafted 65 Many a quote, for short 66 “South Park” cocreator Parker

DOWN

1 Temaki or futomaki

2 San __: Texas city nickname 3 Explosive mixture 4 “Kapow!” 5 Thicken, as cream 6 Martha’s Vineyard arrivals

7 Most unexpected 8 Slow up 9 Counting word

10 “Sure!” 11 Internet recovery program

12 Flee in fear 13 Utility abbr. 15 Possibles

21 As a bonus 24 Came to 26 Applies carelessly 28 Puerile retort 30 Artful dodge 31 Prof.’s aides 33 Fielder’s strong throw

35 PC brain 36 SoCal ball club, on scoreboard­s 37 Short report 38 Turtle shell, e.g. 41 Letter closer 42 Curry and Antetokoun­mpo, recently

45 Sear and simmer 47 Vex

48 Cool

50 Resell to desperate fans, maybe 52 Fine partner 53 Shortening, maybe 54 French cabbage

55 Hide 56 Roman numeral? 59 Garage service

61 ABA member

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